Vietnam has some 100,000 tuberculosis infections and 20,000 deaths caused by the disease each year, according to local newspaper Vietnam News on Tuesday.
Vietnam now ranks the 13th among 22 countries having the highest numbers of tuberculosis infections.
To curb the disease, Vietnam is intensifying vaccination, urging local people to keep hygienic and have healthy lifestyles, encouraging them to go to see doctors when having signs of tuberculosis infection, and strengthening diagnosis and treatment systems nationwide.
The country with a population of over 86 million has aimed to halve the annual new tuberculosis infections by 2015.
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