Ha Noi (VNA) – A programme, entitled “Equality and integration”, was held in Ha Noi on December 2 to celebrate the International Day of Disabled Persons, by the Ha Noi Disabled People’s Association, other disabled people’s organisations and UN agencies in Viet Nam .
The International Day of Disabled Persons (December 3) this year has the theme of “Decent work for persons with disabilities.”
Addressing the event, Minister of Labour, War Invalid and Social Affairs Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan highlighted Viet Nam ’s intensive policies on vocational training for the disabled, with the aim of providing about 80,000 disabled persons with job training and decent work by 2010.
An employment fair for the disabled, held by nearly 40 businesses on the occasion, attracted between 700-800 disabled workers from Ha Noi’s precincts and outlying districts and neighbouring provinces such as Ha Tay, Bac Ninh, Bac Giang, Hai Duong, Ninh Binh, and Vinh Phuc.-Enditem
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