Conference promotes rights of people with disabilities
International cooperation is crucial to successfully realising the rights of people with disabilities, heard a conference jointly held by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) and Caritas - a Catholic charitable organisation in Hanoi on June 23.
Vocational training for people with disabilities. International cooperation is significant to promote rights of disabled people (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – International cooperation is crucial to successfullyrealising the rights of people with disabilities, heard a conference jointly heldby the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) and Caritas - aCatholic charitable organisation in Hanoi on June 23.
This is part of the activities in preparation for the country’s first report onthe implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons withDisabilities (UNCRPD) to the UN in the coming time.
The promotion and protection of the rights of persons with disabilities is apriority in Vietnam’s policies towards this disadvantaged group, affirmedparticipants at the event. They said it has been represented through a systemof legal regulations and the country’s ratification of the UNCRPD in 2015.
In the past years,international cooperation in the field has been consolidated and promotion ofdisabled people’s rights has drawn attention from numerous internationalorganisations and non-governmental organisations.
The attendants also shared experience in international collaboration at theevent.
Some representatives asked the MoLISA to further support for localities inproviding healthcare for the disabled. They also suggested that relevantbranches set up specific support policies and encourage investment in rehabilitationcentres for persons with disabilities.
Vietnam has around 7.2 million people with disabilities, accounting for 7.8percent of the population, one of the high levels in the Asia- Pacific. Morethan half (58 percent) of the disabled population are women, 28.3 percent arechildren and 15 percent live in poverty, according to statistics in 2016 of theNational Committee for People with Disabilities.
MoLISA’s statistics showed that around 900,000 people with disabilities arereceiving monthly allowance. All centrally-governed cities and provinces havebuilt rehabilitation facilities for the disabled. During 2011-2015, around140,000 people with disabilities received vocational training and found jobsthrough State-sponsored programmes. -VNA
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Vocational training for people with disabilities. International cooperation is significant to promote rights of disabled people (Photo: VNA) 
