Official websites use. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. Logistic regression analyses were conducted to assess the demographic characteristics and behaviours predicting never testing for HIV. A total of Predictors of never being tested included having a monthly income less than VND 5 Million, being a student, using the Internet less than 15 hour per week, and not participating in a behavioural HIV intervention. Given the dangerously high prevalence of this high-risk behaviour, our findings underscore the urgent need for segmented and targeted HIV prevention, care and treatment strategies, focusing on drastically reducing the number of men who have sex with men never testing for HIV in Viet Nam.
Unlike Thailand to the west, the epidemic in Viet Nam is not as severe. UNAIDS [ 1 ] reports that the epidemics in Ho Chi Minh City and in the northeast coast began earlier, while epidemics in other parts of the country are much more recent. Variability in geographic distribution and concentration of HIV cases show a concentrated epidemic in large cities and densely populated provinces.
In the past few years, there has been increasing concern about new, newly identified, and resurging epidemics of HIV infection in MSM on a global level [ 4 , 5 ].
In Asia, a man who has sex with another man is The data for Ho Chi Minh City were similar [ 7 ]. According to a recent World Bank report [ 8 ], there are key behaviours that put MSM at greater risk of HIV infection, such as high numbers of multiple and concurrent sexual partners, unprotected anal intercourse, and low percentages of HIV testing.
Beyrer, Wirtz, Walker, et al. This paper seeks to identify the frequencies and key determinants of never testing for HIV, and therefore aims to fill the knowledge gap that exists regarding the prevalence and predictors of this HIV-related high-risk behaviour among MSM. Internet access is dramatically increasing in Viet Nam.
