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<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%">Established
on 03/12/2005, DRD is a non-governmental and non-profit organization
working for the rights of PWDsand operated by people with disabilities
(PWDs).</p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%">DRD
and the community are building a support model based on the rights of
PWDs in an effort to foster equal opportunities for PWDs, encourage and
create favorable conditions for PWDs to participate fully in all
activities like other members in society.</p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%">Kind Regards</p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><img style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 13px; border: medium none; outline: 0px none; vertical-align: top; max-width: 100%; border-radius: 3px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;" src="http://www.drdvietnam.org/images/hinh%20tin/2015/02/Activities.jpg" alt="Activities" width="600"></p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><span style="color:rgb(255,153,0)"><b>1. The Launch of DRD’s Organizational Strategy Development 2016-2020 and A Road Map to the Future 2025</b></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%">On
March 18, 2016, Disability Research and Capacity Development (DRD) held
The Launch of DRD’s Organizational Strategy Development 2016-2020 and A
Road Map to the Future 2025. Representatives at the ceremony were Mr.
Joakim Parker – Director of United States Agency for International
Development (USAID) and Mr. Stephen Berlinguette – representing USAID
department in HCM city.</p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-align:center;background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><i style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;vertical-align:top;background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><img style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 13px; border: medium none; outline: 0px none; vertical-align: top; max-width: 100%; border-radius: 3px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;" src="http://www.drdvietnam.org/images/hinh%20tin/2016/03/Gi%C3%A1m%20%C4%91%E1%BB%91c%20USAID.jpg" alt="Giám đốc USAID"></i></p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-align:center;background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><i style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;vertical-align:top;background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%">Mr. Joakim Parker – director of USAID stated</i></p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%">Attendees
at the launch consisted of representatives of the Department of Labour,
Invalids and Social Affairs in Tay Ninh and some other social
organizations such as<span> </span><i style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;vertical-align:top;background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%">United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), International Labour Organization (ILO), LIN Center for Community Development</i>,<span> </span><i style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;vertical-align:top;background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%">Research Center - Counseling Social Work & Community Development (SDRC); representative of Hoa Sen university</i>,<span> </span><i style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;vertical-align:top;background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%">HCM City Open university</i><span> </span>and
the event was attended by many people with disabilities in HCM city and
some Disabled Persons’ Organizations from other provinces participated
in the ceremony</p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%">In
his speech, Mr. Joakim Parker- Director of USAID in Vietnam,
complimented Vietnam on efforts to support people with disabilities, as
demonstrated by numerous activities which Vietnam took part in such as:<span> </span><i style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;vertical-align:top;background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%">Convention
on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities ratified in 2014, Committee
on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities entered in 2005.</i> <span style="color:rgb(255,153,0)"><a href="http://www.drdvietnam.org/tin-hoat-dong/17615-the-launch-of-drd%E2%80%99s-organizational-strategy-development-20162020-and-a-road-map-to-the-future-2025.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(255,153,0)">>>Readmore</span></a></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><span style="color:rgb(255,153,0)"><b>2. Launching ceremony of the project “Disability Access Route to Education”</b></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;display:inline!important;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">In the afternoon of March 31, 2016 the launching ceremony of the project<span> </span></span><b style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%">“Disability Access Route to Education” - DARE</b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;display:inline!important;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span> </span>was
held in the conference room of Ramana Hotel – District 3 – HCMC by the
sponsor from the Embassy of Ireland. This project is being conducted in 2
universities (Department of Social and Human Sciences – HCMC National
University and HCMC University of Pedagogy) from January 2016 to
December 2017.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%;text-align:center"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;display:inline!important;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><i style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-align:center;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><img src="http://www.drdvietnam.org/images/hinh%20tin/2016/04/b%C3%A0%20Naula.jpg" alt="" width="600"><br>Mrs Nuala O’Brien –<span> </span></i><i style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-align:center;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%">Head of development at the Embassy of Ireland</i></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%;text-align:justify"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;display:inline!important;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><i style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-align:center;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;display:inline!important;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">During
the ceremony, Mrs. Nuala O’Brien – Head of development at the Embassy
of Ireland shared: “To support people with disabilities in Vietnam to
participate equally in the community and to realize their potential is
an important goal of Irish Aid in Vietnam. People with disabilities
still are effective actors of community building as other citizens if
their rights are fully implemented and if they have enough
opportunities.” <span style="color:rgb(255,153,0)"><a href="http://www.drdvietnam.org/tin-hoat-dong/17601-launching-ceremony-of-the-project-%E2%80%9Cdisability-access-route-to-education%E2%80%9D.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(255,153,0)">>>Readmore</span></a></span></span></i></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%;text-align:center"><i><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-size:13px;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;display:inline!important;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-size:13px;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;display:inline!important;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"></span></span></i></p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%;text-align:center"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tz_Go3TOul4" target="_blank"><i><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-size:13px;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;display:inline!important;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-size:13px;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;display:inline!important;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">View Trailer DARE</span></span></i></a></p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%;text-align:justify"><span style="color:rgb(255,153,0)"><b><span style="font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;display:inline!important;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><i style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-align:center;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><span style="font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;display:inline!important;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">3. </span></i></span>Launching Accessibility Map Application – DMap</b></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%">On the morning of March 1<sup style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;vertical-align:top;background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%">st</sup><span> </span>2016,
at the conference room of Hoa Sen University (Nguyen Van Trang campus,
District 1), Disability Research and Capacity Development Center (DRD)
held a ceremony to launchthe Accessibility Map Application which is
called DMap.</p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-align:center;background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><i style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;vertical-align:top;background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><img style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 13px; border: medium none; outline: 0px none; vertical-align: top; max-width: 100%; border-radius: 3px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;" src="http://www.drdvietnam.org/images/hinh%20tin/2016/03/B%C3%A0%20l%C6%B0u%20th%E1%BB%8B%20%C3%A1nh%20loan.jpg" alt="Bà lưu thị ánh loan" width="600"></i></p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-align:center;background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><i style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;vertical-align:top;background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%">Ms Luu Thi Anh Loan – Acting Director of DRD statement</i></p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%">Accessibility
Map Application – DMap is a social project of DRD, which has been
implemented since 2015 with Hoa Sen University. This project has been
supported from students and lecturers from different faculties including
Science and Technology, Economy and Trading, and Professional Training.</p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%">Madam.
Bui Tran Phuong – Principal of Hoa Sen University stated: “…One of the
objectives of this project is to break barriers of lacking information.
When society is having public buildings that are included accessibly
features for persons with disabilities, why don’t we break the barriers
of information and find the way to persons with disabilities access
those public buildings…” <span style="color:rgb(255,153,0)"><a href="http://www.drdvietnam.org/tin-hoat-dong/17602-launching-accessibility-map-application-%E2%80%93-dmap.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(255,153,0)">>>Readmore</span></a></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%;text-align:center"><i></i></p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%;text-align:center"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=An1eZTKuPNM" target="_blank"><i>View Trailer DMAP</i></a></p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><span style="color:rgb(255,153,0)"><b>4. Launching ceremony of the project “Accessibility for inclusion of people with disabilities” in Tay Ninh</b></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%">On January 14<sup style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;vertical-align:top;background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%">th</sup>,
2016, the Disability research and capacity development center (DRD) and
the Vietnam Assistance for the Handicapped (VNAH) organized the
launching ceremony of projects to support people with disabilities in
Tay Ninh. This program was financed by United States Agency for
International Development (USAID).</p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%">Mr. Christopher Abrams – representative of USAID and representatives of different departments of Tay Ninh were present.</p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%"> </p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-align:center;background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><i style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;vertical-align:top;background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><img style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 13px; border: medium none; outline: 0px none; vertical-align: top; max-width: 100%; border-radius: 3px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;" src="http://www.drdvietnam.org/images/hinh%20tin/2015/T1-2016/%C3%94ng%20Christopher%20Abrams%20-%20%C4%91%E1%BA%A1i%20di%E1%BB%87n%20c%C6%A1%20quan%20Ph%C3%A1t%20tri%E1%BB%83n%20QU%E1%BB%91c%20t%E1%BA%BF%20Hoa%20K%C3%AC%20%28USAID%29%20ph%C3%A1t%20bi%E1%BB%83u%201.jpg" alt="Ông Christopher Abrams - đại diện cơ quan Phát triển QUốc tế Hoa Kì (USAID) phát biểu 1"></i></p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-align:center;background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><i style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;vertical-align:top;background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%">Mr. Christopher Abrams – representative of USAID</i></p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%;text-align:justify">On this occasion, Ms. Luu Thi Anh Loan, representative of DRD, presented the project “<b style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;vertical-align:top;background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%">Accessibility for inclusion of people with disabilities”</b><span> </span>whom
overall target is to build a society without barriers for people with
disabilities (PWDs). So they can take part in all activities such as
social, economic, and education activities in an equal and equitable
way. To do that the policies provided for PWD by the law must be
applied, social work must be strengthened and approaches must be based
on community resources. <span style="color:rgb(255,153,0)"><a href="http://www.drdvietnam.org/tin-hoat-dong/17597-launching-ceremony-of-the-project-%E2%80%9Caccessibility-for-inclusion-of-people-with-disabilities%E2%80%9D-in-tay-ninh.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(255,153,0)">>>Readmore</span></a></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><b style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;vertical-align:top;font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;color:rgb(255,153,0);background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(255,153,0);background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%">Highlights:</span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><b><span style="color:rgb(255,153,0)">5. Training about “Working skills for students with disabilities”</span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;display:inline!important;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Thanks
to the support of the Seattle International Foundation, the Disability
Research and Capacity Development (DRD) organized a training about the
topic “Working skills for students with disabilities” on March 26 and
27, 2016 at the Union Hotel in Can Tho City. The participants were the
members of the Chung Soc Club of Dong Thap University and the Club of
students with disabilities of Can Tho University. The trainer was Mr. Le
Huu Thuong of the Disability Research and Capacity Development (DRD).</span> <span style="color:rgb(255,153,0)"><a href="http://www.drdvietnam.org/tin-hoat-dong/17617-training-about-%E2%80%9Cworking-skills-for-students-with-disabilities%E2%80%9D.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(255,153,0)">>>Readmore</span></a></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><span style="color:rgb(255,153,0)"><b>6. Sharing and introduction for the program “Independent Living” at Maison Chance</b></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;display:inline!important;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">To
let people with disabilities inspire each other by their experiences of
success and failure and their life stories is one of the most essential
activities of the program “Independent Living” of the Disability
Research and Capacity Development (DRD), under the sponsorship of Nippon
Foundation and the Human Care Association of Japan. On March 20, 2016, a
meeting gathered over 30 people including people with disabilities,
personal assistants (PA), volunteers and members at Maison Chance.</span> <span style="color:rgb(255,153,0)"><a href="http://www.drdvietnam.org/tin-hoat-dong/17616-sharing-and-introduction-for-the-program-%E2%80%9Cindependent-living%E2%80%9D-at-maison-chance.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(255,153,0)">>>Readmore</span></a></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><span style="color:rgb(255,153,0)"><b>7. Making a Personal plan training</b></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;display:inline!important;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">On
the Sunday morning, 6/3/2016, the project Support for Students with
disabilities (DRD) organized a training session with topic: “Developing
personal plan” with participaants of 20 students with disabilities and
volunteers. Mr. Nguyen Van Cu – Vice President of DRD center is trainer
for this program.</span> <span style="color:rgb(255,153,0)"><a href="http://www.drdvietnam.org/tin-hoat-dong/17603-making-a-personal-plan-training.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(255,153,0)">>>Readmore</span></a></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><span style="color:rgb(255,153,0)"><b>8. Training Workshop: Disability Equality Training in Tay Ninh province</b></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;display:inline!important;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Disability
Research and Capacity Development and the Tay Ninh's Labor, War
invalids and Social affairs Department co-organized the training
workshop on Disability Equality Training </span>persons with disabilities<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;display:inline!important;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span> </span>(DET)
on March 23 and 24, 2016. This activity is one of the activities
implemented in the project “Accessibility for Inclusion” with funding
from USAID. <span style="color:rgb(255,153,0)"><a href="http://www.drdvietnam.org/tin-hoat-dong/17604-training-workshop--disability-equality-training-in-tay-ninh-province.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(255,153,0)">>>Readmore</span></a></span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><span style="color:rgb(255,153,0)"><b><span style="font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;display:inline!important;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">9. </span>An experience at shopping centre</b></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;display:inline!important;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">To
most of people, going to a supermarket is just a regular daily
activity. However, many students with disabilities (SWDs) shared that
they had never been to a shopping centre before. This was the reason our
team of the project “support for SWDs” decided to plan a visiting tour
to a shopping mall on the last January 1</span><sup style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%">st</sup><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;display:inline!important;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">.</span> <span style="color:rgb(255,153,0)"><a href="http://www.drdvietnam.org/tin-hoat-dong/17605-an-experience-at-shopping-centre.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(255,153,0)">>>Readmore</span></a></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><span style="color:rgb(255,153,0)"><b>10. Spontaneous Painting</b></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;display:inline!important;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">On
January 10, 2016, the project of supporting students with disabilities
of DRD along with Toa Tau organized a painting workshop for people with
disabilities (PWD). This program took place at the An Dien center for
PWD (Thu Duc District).</span><span style="color:rgb(255,153,0)"> <a href="http://www.drdvietnam.org/tin-hoat-dong/17599-spontaneous-painting.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(255,153,0)">>>Readmore</span></a></span></p>
<p><span style="color:rgb(255,153,0)"><b>11. Wonderful collaborations</b></span></p>
<p><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;display:inline!important;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">On
January 17, 2016 the Disability Research and Capacity Development
center (DRD) hosted the program Independent Living organized by the
Independent Living Project financed by the Nippon Foundation and the
Human Care Association in Japan. On this occasion, 25 people with
disabilities, personal assistants and volunteers expressed their thanks
and shared their dynamism after one year of activities to help people
with disabilities to live independently. <a href="http://www.drdvietnam.org/tin-hoat-dong/17595-wonderful-collaborations.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(255,153,0)"><span style="color:rgb(255,153,0)">>>Readmore</span></span></a><br></span></p>
<p><span style="color:rgb(255,153,0)"><b><span style="font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;display:inline!important;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">12. </span>Conference: Independent Living Model for Persons With Severe Disabilities in Vietnam</b></span></p>
<p><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;display:inline!important;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">On
January 21, 2016, a conference about Independent Living Model For
People With Severe Disabilities in Vietnam was held under the organizing
direction of the<span> </span></span><a style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;vertical-align:top;text-decoration:none;color:black;font-weight:bold;font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%" href="http://www.molisa.gov.vn/en/Pages/Detail-organization.aspx?tochucID=20" target="_blank">Department of Social Protection</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;display:inline!important;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span> </span>–
Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs at Kim Lien Hotel,
Hanoi. The purpose of the program was “Direction to Sustainable
Development of Independent Living Model - Needs for assistance and
practice of independent living rights for PWD in Vietnam.”</span> <span style="color:rgb(255,153,0)"><a href="http://www.drdvietnam.org/tin-hoat-dong/17598-conference--independent-living-model-for-persons-with-severe-disabilities-in-vietnam.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(255,153,0)">>>Readmore</span></a></span></p>
<p><img src="http://www.drdvietnam.org/images/hinh%20tin/2015/02/News.jpg" alt="" width="600"></p>
<p><span style="color:rgb(0,128,0)"><b>1. Films made by deaf people screened</b></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-align:center;background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><img style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 13px; border: medium none; outline: 0px none; vertical-align: top; max-width: 100%; border-radius: 3px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;" src="http://www.drdvietnam.org/images/hinh%20tin/2016/04/dothihien79645742PM.jpg" alt="dothihien79645742PM"></p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%">Film
director Đỗ Thị Hiền (first from left) and hearing impaired cameraman
Phạm Văn Thức (centre) are watching a scene in Chuyện Bạn Tay. Photo
courtesy of Filmmaking For Deaf People Project</p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%">HÀ NỘI (VNS) – First short films made by people with disabilities in Việt Nam were shown at Công Nhân Theatre on April 2.</p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%">The films include documentaries and motion pictures, which were made by people with hearing impairment.</p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%">The
ten documentaries and two films are the result of the Filmmaking
Project for Deaf People. The project was launched by filmmaker Đỗ Thị
Hiền, a new graduate, and her friend.</p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%">The four-month project was implemented from December, 2015, to March 2016.</p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%">In
the first two months of the project, 12 selected hearing impaired
people were trained in filmmaking. Then they produced their own films in
the following two months.</p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%">“I think cinema is a good way to help the people with hearing impairment express themselves,” Hiền said.</p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%">She also can communicate in the deaf people’s sign language. <span style="color:rgb(0,128,0)"><a href="http://www.drdvietnam.org/tin-bon-phuong/17589-films-made-by-deaf-people-screened.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,128,0)">>>Readmore</span></a></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><span style="color:rgb(0,128,0)"><b>2. Autism sufferers face social barriers</b></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%">HÀ
NỘI — People with autism face barriers to social inclusion and lack
equal access to healthcare services, education and employment. This was
heard at the workshop “Autism in Việt Nam–Current situation and
challenges” in Hà Nội on Saturday. </p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%">The
workshop was held by the Việt Nam Autism Network (VAN) and Asia-Pacific
Development Centre on Disability (APCD) as part of a series of events
to mark World Autism Awareness Day (April 2). <span style="color:rgb(0,128,0)"><a href="http://www.drdvietnam.org/tin-bon-phuong/17590-autism-sufferers-face-social-barriers.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,128,0)"> >>Readmore</span></a></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,tahoma,"times new roman","sans serif";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:23.4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><img src="http://www.drdvietnam.org/images/hinh%20tin/2015/02/Employment.jpg" alt="" width="600"></p>
<p><span style="color:rgb(0,128,0)"><b>Recruit for Jia Hsin Limited Company</b></span></p>
<p style="padding-left:30px"><b>Work place:</b> Cau Tram industry zone, Can Duoc Ward, Long An province</p>
<p style="padding-left:30px"><b>Working time:</b> From Monday to Saturday</p>
<p style="padding-left:30px"><span style="color:rgb(0,128,0)"><b>1. Office positions</b></span></p>
<table style="padding-left:30px" width="654">
<tbody style="padding-left:30px">
<tr style="padding-left:30px">
<td style="padding-left:30px" rowspan="2" width="198">
<p style="padding-left:30px">Jobs</p>
</td>
<td style="padding-left:30px" colspan="2" width="301">
<p style="padding-left:30px">Positions</p>
</td>
<td style="padding-left:30px" rowspan="2" width="155">
<p style="padding-left:30px">General requirements</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="padding-left:30px">
<td style="padding-left:30px" width="233">
<p style="padding-left:30px">Director/ Manager/ Head of Department</p>
</td>
<td style="padding-left:30px" width="68">
<p style="padding-left:30px">Employee</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="padding-left:30px">
<td style="padding-left:30px" width="198">
<p style="padding-left:30px">Import – export/ customer service</p>
</td>
<td style="padding-left:30px" width="233">
<p style="padding-left:30px">x</p>
</td>
<td style="padding-left:30px" width="68">
<p style="padding-left:30px">x</p>
</td>
<td style="padding-left:30px" rowspan="10" width="155">
<p style="padding-left:30px">- Graduated College with relevant major or have one – year experience in a similar position</p>
<p style="padding-left:30px">- Be proficient in English/ Chinese listening – writing – speaking</p>
<p style="padding-left:30px">- Engineer/ Security position does not require language skill</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="padding-left:30px">
<td style="padding-left:30px" width="198">
<p style="padding-left:30px">Corporate social responsibility</p>
</td>
<td style="padding-left:30px" width="233">
<p style="padding-left:30px">x</p>
</td>
<td style="padding-left:30px" width="68">
<p style="padding-left:30px">x</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="padding-left:30px">
<td style="padding-left:30px" width="198">
<p style="padding-left:30px">Exploitation pattern/ Costing</p>
</td>
<td style="padding-left:30px" width="233">
<p style="padding-left:30px">x</p>
</td>
<td style="padding-left:30px" width="68">
<p style="padding-left:30px">x</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="padding-left:30px">
<td style="padding-left:30px" width="198">
<p style="padding-left:30px">Order/ Production coordinator</p>
</td>
<td style="padding-left:30px" width="233">
<p style="padding-left:30px">x</p>
</td>
<td style="padding-left:30px" width="68">
<p style="padding-left:30px">x</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="padding-left:30px">
<td style="padding-left:30px" width="198">
<p style="padding-left:30px">Quality management/ Production management</p>
</td>
<td style="padding-left:30px" width="233">
<p style="padding-left:30px">x</p>
</td>
<td style="padding-left:30px" width="68">
<p style="padding-left:30px">x</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="padding-left:30px">
<td style="padding-left:30px" width="198">
<p style="padding-left:30px">Engineer – maintenance</p>
</td>
<td style="padding-left:30px" width="233">
<p style="padding-left:30px">x</p>
</td>
<td style="padding-left:30px" width="68">
<p style="padding-left:30px">x</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="padding-left:30px">
<td style="padding-left:30px" width="198">
<p style="padding-left:30px">IT/ Warehouse</p>
</td>
<td style="padding-left:30px" width="233">
<p style="padding-left:30px">x</p>
</td>
<td style="padding-left:30px" width="68">
<p style="padding-left:30px"> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="padding-left:30px">
<td style="padding-left:30px" width="198">
<p style="padding-left:30px">Accountant/ Personnel/ Administration/ Security</p>
</td>
<td style="padding-left:30px" width="233">
<p style="padding-left:30px"> </p>
</td>
<td style="padding-left:30px" width="68">
<p style="padding-left:30px">x</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="padding-left:30px">
<td style="padding-left:30px" width="198">
<p style="padding-left:30px">English/ Chinese interpreter</p>
</td>
<td style="padding-left:30px" width="233">
<p style="padding-left:30px"> </p>
</td>
<td style="padding-left:30px" width="68">
<p style="padding-left:30px">x</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="padding-left:30px">
<td style="padding-left:30px" width="198">
<p style="padding-left:30px">Director assistant</p>
</td>
<td style="padding-left:30px" width="233">
<p style="padding-left:30px"> </p>
</td>
<td style="padding-left:30px" width="68">
<p style="padding-left:30px"> </p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p style="padding-left:30px"><b>Salary and welfare:</b></p>
<p style="padding-left:60px">Salary is dependent on experience and ability</p>
<p style="padding-left:60px">Employer has a policy for personal career development</p>
<p style="padding-left:60px">All legal employment and workplace regulations are implemented</p>
<p style="padding-left:60px">Bus pick up from HCM City to place of work</p>
<p style="padding-left:30px"><b>Job application:</b></p>
<p style="padding-left:60px">Application letter & Curriculum Vitae in Vietnamese/ English/ Chinese</p>
<p style="padding-left:60px">Qualifications/ Certificates</p>
<p style="padding-left:60px">Other relevant documents (not obligatory)</p>
<p style="padding-left:30px"><span style="color:rgb(0,128,0)"><b>2. Worker</b></span></p>
<p style="padding-left:30px"><b>Job requirement:</b> Stick stamps, clean shoes/ sandals, line shoes, give cards etc.</p>
<p style="padding-left:30px"><b>General requirement:</b> Candidate should have two hands, good eyesight, self - mobility, have a disability certificate, basic literacy.</p>
<p style="padding-left:30px"><b>Salary:</b> From 4.700.000 to 5.300.000 VND/ month</p>
<p style="padding-left:30px"><b>Benefits:</b></p>
<p style="padding-left:60px">Bonus to encourage self-improvement (Qualification)</p>
<p style="padding-left:60px">Social insurance/ Health insurance/ Unemployment insurance</p>
<p style="padding-left:60px">Free lunch</p>
<p style="padding-left:60px">Support for Childcare</p>
<p style="padding-left:60px">Vocational training</p>
<p style="padding-left:60px">Friendly working environment</p>
<p style="padding-left:30px"><b>Job application:</b></p>
<p style="padding-left:60px">Application letter with photo</p>
<p style="padding-left:60px">Curriculum Vitae with photo</p>
<p style="padding-left:60px">Identity card copy</p>
<p style="padding-left:60px">Permanent residence copy</p>
<p style="padding-left:60px">Disability certificate copy</p>
<p style="padding-left:60px">Health certification</p>
<p style="padding-left:60px">Qualification</p>
<p style="padding-left:60px">06 color photos (2x3 cm)</p>
<p style="padding-left:30px"><b>Note:</b> all documents above have to be authenticated and be valid for at least six months</p>
<p style="padding-left:30px"><b>Closing date for application:</b> 08/2016</p>
<p style="padding-left:30px"><span style="color:rgb(0,128,0)"><b>For more details, please contact:</b></span></p>
<p style="padding-left:30px"><b>Employment department – Disability Research and Capacity Development center (DRD)</b></p>
<p style="padding-left:30px"><b>Address:</b> 311K8 Street no 7, Resettlement area of Thu Thiem, An Phu Ward, District 2, HCMC.</p>
<p style="padding-left:30px"><b>Tel:</b> (08) 62 67 99 22 (ext: 113 or 114 meet Tú Quyên or Phan Thị Rát</p>
<p style="padding-left:30px"><b>Email:</b> <a href="mailto:vieclam@drdvietnam.com" target="_blank">vieclam@drdvietnam.com</a></p>
<p style="padding-left:30px"><b>Note:</b>
To get the best information support, you should ask questions directly
on the DRD website at: <a href="http://drdvietnam.org" target="_blank">drdvietnam.org</a>. We do not support answers on the
website to share information.</p>
<p style="text-align:center"><img src="http://www.drdvietnam.org/images/hinh%20tin/2015/03/ch%C3%A2n%20english.jpg" alt="" width="800"></p><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">-----------------------------<br>Huỳnh Kim Phụng<br>Trung tâm Khuyết tật và Phát triển (DRD)<br>Nhân viên truyền thông<br></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">311K8, đường số 7, Khu nhà tái định cư Thủ Thiêm, Phường An Phú, Quận 2, Tp. HCM<br></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">Email: <a href="http://kimphung@drdvietnam" target="_blank">kimphung@drdvietnam</a></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">web: <a href="http://www.drdvietnam.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">www.drdvietnam.org</a> - <a href="http://drdvietnam.com/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">drdvietnam.com</a><br>tel: (08) 3 62 67 99 11 (Ext 131) - 0167 887 2057<br></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">fax: (08) 3 62 67 99 22</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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