Irish Aid, in co-operation with the central city of Đà Nẵng, has signed an agreement for a project described as strengthening the capacity and sustainability of early childhood disabilities detection and intervention for the next three years with funds totalling VNĐ18 billion (about US$796,000). Representatives of Đà Nẵng and Irish Aid agree to strengthen a programme to look after children with disabilities. – Photo courtesy Đà Nẵng City’s Foreign Affairs Department The city’s Department of Foreign Affairs said the agreement, signed last weekend, would help screen new-born babies and intervene on children with disabilities, and those that need intervention surgery. It said the project, which was implemented at three districts – Cẩm Lệ, Liên Chiểu and Hòa Vang – in 2012-16, had provided rehabilitation, special education, medical examination and surgery to 349 children. More than 500 medical staff, specialists and rehabilitation lecturers have joined project training sessions run by the Sustainable Health Development Centre (VietHealth). Since 2008, Irish Aid and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) have sponsored the Support Network for People with Disabilities in Đà Nẵng City by providing rehabilitation services and scholarships for poor children with disabilities. Last year, the city and the Irish Embassy in Vietnam also signed a Memorandum of Understanding on high quality, human-resource education and management skills for city personnel and start-up programmes for students in the city. The agreement also aims to boost the relationship between Ireland and the city – and exchanges among locals and cities in Ireland.
Almost 10 billion VND have been raised at the seventh charity art programme entitled "One Heart - One World" that was held at the Hanoi Friendship Palace on April 11. The programme, organised by the Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs and the Vietnam Association in Support of Disabled People and Orphans and the Vietnam Television in anticipation of the Vietnam Day of People with Disabilities (April 18), also received 400 million VND from the auctions of two MobiFone sim cards. The annual 'One Heart - One World' programme has become an information channel which helps the community…... [read more]
PANO - 467,965 disabled people nationwide benefited from a project launched by the Ministry of Labour, War Invalid and Social Affairs from 2006 to 2010. The project helped the disabled integrate into the community through various activities, such as social welfare programs, vocational training courses, jobs and medical treatments. In the period of 2011 to 2020, the Ministry will enforce the Law for disabled people, continue the project to support the disabled, and focus on setting up more organisations for the disabled nationwide. Translated by Duy Minh... [read more]
In a directive issued on January 9, the PM asked the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) to evaluate the implementation of the Ordinance on Disabled People and related legal documents. The ministry must co-operate with other relevant agencies to propose the supplement and amendment to policies for the disabled, and develop a project for support of disabled people in the 2006-2010 period and submit to the PM, the directive says. MoLISA must also keep disabled people in localities informed of favourable conditions created by the national programme on poverty reduction in the 2006-2010 period, and job generation…... [read more]
The campaign, part of a larger Vietnam-Denmark project supporting Vietnamese children’s literature, hopes to inspire Vietnamese children’s authors and illustrators as well as creativity within the genre more broadly.Addressing the launch ceremony, Danish Ambassador to Vietnam John Nielsen highlighted the importance of books and comics to childhood development and creativity. The Danish Writers Association has supported children's literature in Vietnam since 2006. Its program includes author and illustrator seminars and children’s reading clubs. Nielsen said he hopes the campaign will extend its impressive record of achievements and continue guiding and encouraging the reading habits of Vietnamese children. This year’s campaign is…... [read more]
VietNamNet Bridge - Viet Nam needs more than VND3.29 trillion (US$160 million) to support people with disabilities during the next 10 years. The need falls under a draft national plan to support people with disabilities in the 2011-20 period which was introduced for discussion yesterday by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs' Social Welfare Department. Viet Nam currently has about 6.7 million people with disabilities including 3.6 million women and 1.2 million children, according to the General Statistics Office. The first national plan to support people with disabilities was launched in 2006. The four-year plan helped to raise…... [read more]
