is real eye-opener, say Vietnamese journalists...

HIV Turnaround Project in Mekong region Internews Europe and Vietnam’s Ministry of Culture and Information organized the five-day workshop has proved very powerful tool in not only educating the young and upcoming Vietnamese journalists, but also broadening their perspective on HIV/AIDS issues and its impacts on the society. For most participants, this was their first journalism training and the first time that they had an opportunity to have a one-on-one encounter with the PLHIVs, which has enhanced their ability to approach PLHIV and to put “human face” on stories about the issue.

A print journalist from Dien Bien Phu province said "I was really excited when I saw the training curriculum and even more pleased after two days of participating in the workshop as there was so much new information I never knew or had access to before."

“This is my first journalism training ever. I didn’t expect there would be so many things to learn and I’m very impressed,” said Nguyen Chi Chu Shuong.

“We should give up the old way – beating around the bush, only talking but never dare to look directly at the truth. Sometimes, we talk about it for ten minutes but nobody understood what we wanted to say,” said Ngam a reporter from Son La TV-Radio station.