The study aimed to describle sexual risk behaviors difficulties in using codom attitude toward PLWH among youth living in Thanh Hoa city. Interview 210 youth age 18-25 living in Thanh Hoa city in 2011 using Probability Proportion to Size (PPS). Results indicated that age of first sex in youth in Thanh Hoa city was early at age of 18-19 (46 percent) and 20-22 (27 percent)
sex partners were spouse/lovers, sex workers (8.1 percent) and casual partners (3.8 percent)
37.5percent and 11.8 percent respectively did not use condom with casual partners and sex workers
awareness about being risk of HIV and STDs was low
practice of using condom was not good
barriers in using condom including uncontroling condom use after alcolhol intake (37.2 percent), being questioned by sex partners (21.9 percent), not tiappy where having sex with condom use (22.4 percent), having difficulties in discussing with sex partners about condom use (18.6 percent). Discrimination was high among youth.