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Summary & Future Directions and basic Data of PWDs in Viet Nam

Duong Thi Van Chairperson, Bright Future Group

[a] Evaluation of the Decade;

[a-1]Three most significant changes for the life of PWDs in Vietnam over the A/P Decade.

.Social awareness and disabled peoples' thoughts on disability have changed. After ten years of the decade, people are aware that if vulnerable groups of people with disabilities are supported and provided with good conditions, PWDs can ntegrate into community.
Things introduced at the 9th Campaign to promote the A/P Decade on disabled persons held from 10 to 15 December 2001 in Hanoi, Viet Nam is an obvious demonstration of social integration of PWDs.

.Thanks to dissemination and international cooperation on disability, manypolicies on disability by the State have been issued, such as Ordinance on Disabled Persons, Decrees and Decisions on disability.
The establishment of the National Coordinating Council on Disability (NCCD) in early 2001 is the State's attention towards the disabled in Viet Nam.

.People with disabilities themselves have been aware of their situatio and tried their best to overcome difficulties caused by disability as well as other obstructions to join in activities on education, employment, sport and other social activities. People with disabilities are very much interested in activities of the Viet Nam Sport Association for Disabled People and self-help groups. Many disabled persons have won gold medals in sport and cultural tournaments.

[a-2] Three most undeveloped issues concerning PWDs compared with non-disabled people in Vietnam

.Though people with disabilities have been facilitated with employment
however there still remain many difficulties for people with disabilities to be recruited.

.Living standard of people with disabilities, especially those who are living in mountainous and remote areas with low GDP.

.Dissemination on disability is not comprehensively spread, just delivered in urban and town areas. Orthopedic devices for disabled people are insufficient in isolated areas.

[a-3] What are the three priority measures, which you want, VN government takes for Vietnamese PWDs ?

.Employment and the establishment of production, business and service facilities of PWDs

.PWDs' accessibility to public works.

.Guidance for PWDs to establish and operate self-help groups or clubs of PWDs.

.Awareness raising and education on disability.

[a-4] What are the three priority programs of regional co-operation for your PWDs?

.Rehabilitation, leadership, barrier free and skill... training for PWD in regional cooperation (e.g. Rehabilitation Training Center in some countries)

.Experience and information exchanges between organisations of/for disabled people (e.g. Campaign, IT competition, et.,)

.CBR program

[b] Basic Data

[b-1] Please cite and describe the basic data of PWDs in your country:

Number of PWDs in Vietnam is about 5.000.000 persons.
Disabled persons by definition of this Ordinance, irrespective of the causes of the disability, are defective of one or many parts of the body or functions which are shown in different forms of disability, and which reduce the capability of activity and causes many difficulties to work, life and studies.

[b-2] How many people in your country do you guess to be aware of the followings?

1. A/P Decade of Disabled Persons 1993-2002:

[a. almost none b. less than %, c.about 65%].
Dose your government informed the nation about the decade? Yes

2. UN's Declaration of Disabled Person in 1975

[a. almost none b. less than 1%, c. about 10%].

3. International Year of Disabled Person in 1981:

[a. almost none b. less than 1%, c. about 30%].

4.UN's Decade of Disabled Persons 1983-1992

[a. almost none b. less than 1%, c. about 30%].