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Rooftop farming in Hanoi's centre

 Rooftop farming in Hanoi's centre; HCMC's outlying districts lack running water; Hanoi prepares to tackle year-end traffic congestion; Unsafe works face suspension;  Investigation on hijacked oil tanker expanded

Hanoi has over 16,000 drug addicts

 VietNamNet Bridge – By the end of September 2014, Hanoi authorities estimated that there were more than 16,000 drug addicts in the city, including over 1,000 uncontrolled addicts.

No-man’s land

 VietNamNet Bridge – Drug addicts roam the street, indulging themselves into heroin orgies, littering syringes and needles after use at public places like in no-man’s land, and putting the people in HCMC at risk,

Drug rehab programme draws few participants

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City's two-year-old community-based treatment for drug addicts has not proven very successful due to various reasons, including the fact that admission for treatment is voluntary.

Red tape, lack of funds hinders drug treatment

 VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam on Sept 10 called on agencies and localities to speed up the treatment of drug addicts throughout the nation.

Taking methamphetamine, a young man cut his penis

 VietNamNet Bridge – Yesterday morning, Februar 27, affected by a delirium hallucination caused by methamphetamine, a 21-year-old man in the northern port city of Hai Phong used a razor to cut his penis.

SOCIETY IN BRIEF 9/7

 Methadone treatment a success; Scholarships for poor students; Residents move from hydro catchment area; Over 20 quarantined with suspected flu virus

Vietnam reports 1,000 new cases of HIV every month

. . .‘Residents to participate in prevention of HIV/AIDS’, for the period 2008-2012 and to implement a national strategy until 2020, it was reported that Vietnam adds more than 1,000 new cases of HIV every month.