Some 20,000 disabled people receive vocational training each year
About 20,000 persons with disabilities (PWDs) in Vietnam receive vocational training each year under the vocational training project for rural labourers.
PWDs provided with vocational training (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – About 20,000 persons with disabilities (PWDs) inVietnam receive vocational training each year under the vocational trainingproject for rural labourers.
To date, around 210,000 PWDs have been provided withvocational training, 50,000 PWDs have been introduced to employment, and 20,000received loans from the National Employment Fund.
According to a national survey on PWDs in Vietnam conductedby the General Statistics Office (GSO) and UNICEF, Vietnam is currently home to6.2 million PWDs, and nearly 12 million people (13 percent of the population)living in families with PWDs.
Most of the PWDs in the country are living in poorhouseholds in rural areas, with low or even no incomes.
It is necessary to carry out more policies and measures tosupport their learning and vocational training, thus helping to ensure socialwelfare.
Nguyen Van Hoi, Director of the Social Welfare Departmentunder the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA), said thatVietnam has formed a network of Inclusive Education Support Centres in 20provinces and cities, including 18 centres at the provincial and districtlevels, seven education centres for children with disabilities, and 97 educationestablishments for special purposes.
There are teachers teaching children with disabilities inall 63 provinces and cities, and textbooks and documents serving their studyhave been compiled.
The number of children with disabilities going to school inthe 2012-2020 period saw a tenfold rise compared to the figure in 2000-2010,with their learning quality improved.
Hoi added that the ministry is striving to have 90 percentof PWDs receiving social welfare assistance and rehabilitation support during2021-2025./.
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PWDs provided with vocational training (Photo: VNA) 
