More companies in Ho Chi Minh City and southern provinces are hiringemployees with disabilities because of their high productivity anddiligence, according to HCM City-based Disability Research and CapacityDevelopment Centre.
Le Huu Thuong, the centre's jobs consultant,said that an average of 40 enterprises each year over the last fiveyears had sent orders to the centre to hire people with disabilities.
Thuong said that manual workers were needed in thefield of textiles and craft, and skilled employees in the fields of IT,accountancy and design.
"Most skilled employees with disabilities are hired by foreign-invested companies," Thuong added.
The Enablecode Software Company, a subsidiary of the Hoang AnhConsulting and Services Co. Ltd, in District 3 gives priority to hireprogrammers with disabilities.
"They can work at home," said Nguyen Minh Hao, the company's project manager.
The Dong Nai-based Fashion Garment Co. Ltd, a subsidiary of theHirdaramani Group in Sri Lanka and Lolly Togs Apparel USA, is known asone of the companies that have hired employees with disabilities.
The company has 85 employees with disabilities, said Nguyen Tran Quynh Anh, who is in charge of personnel.
"They are diligent and loyal," Anh said, adding that many of them had worked with the company for about six years.
Silva G.A. Dineshk, the company's production plant manager, said thatworkers were provided training and appropriate facilities.
People with disabilities can develop their career as long as they are strong enough to overcome challenges, he said.
Phan Thanh Tam, head of Fagi Co. Ltd, which manufactures products forchildren in District 12, said that people with disabilities who graduatefrom universities or colleges were able to find jobs more easily.
Tam, who has a physical disability, for example, was hired right aftergraduating from the HCM City University of Fine Arts.
Now, she has her own company which gives priority to hire people with disabilities, she said.
According to the Vietnam Federation on Disability, the country has 6.7million people with disabilities, including more than 4 million peopleof working age.
However, only 30 percent of them have jobs.
Tran Quynh Trang, who is in charge of a project on promoting rightsand opportunities for people with disabilities for the InternationalLabour Organisation, said that people with disabilities were an untappedresource of skills and talent.
They not only haveboth technical job skills and transferable problem-solving skillsdeveloped in daily life, but represent an overlooked andmultibillion-dollar market segment composed of themselves, theirfamilies and friends.
As the population ages, sodoes the incidence of disability. Trang said it made sense to haveemployees who know first-hand about the product and service needs ofthis consumer segment.
According to a University ofMassachusetts survey, 92 percent of the American public view companiesthat hire people with disabilities more favourably than those that donot.-VNA
Le Huu Thuong, the centre's jobs consultant,said that an average of 40 enterprises each year over the last fiveyears had sent orders to the centre to hire people with disabilities.
Thuong said that manual workers were needed in thefield of textiles and craft, and skilled employees in the fields of IT,accountancy and design.
"Most skilled employees with disabilities are hired by foreign-invested companies," Thuong added.
The Enablecode Software Company, a subsidiary of the Hoang AnhConsulting and Services Co. Ltd, in District 3 gives priority to hireprogrammers with disabilities.
"They can work at home," said Nguyen Minh Hao, the company's project manager.
The Dong Nai-based Fashion Garment Co. Ltd, a subsidiary of theHirdaramani Group in Sri Lanka and Lolly Togs Apparel USA, is known asone of the companies that have hired employees with disabilities.
The company has 85 employees with disabilities, said Nguyen Tran Quynh Anh, who is in charge of personnel.
"They are diligent and loyal," Anh said, adding that many of them had worked with the company for about six years.
Silva G.A. Dineshk, the company's production plant manager, said thatworkers were provided training and appropriate facilities.
People with disabilities can develop their career as long as they are strong enough to overcome challenges, he said.
Phan Thanh Tam, head of Fagi Co. Ltd, which manufactures products forchildren in District 12, said that people with disabilities who graduatefrom universities or colleges were able to find jobs more easily.
Tam, who has a physical disability, for example, was hired right aftergraduating from the HCM City University of Fine Arts.
Now, she has her own company which gives priority to hire people with disabilities, she said.
According to the Vietnam Federation on Disability, the country has 6.7million people with disabilities, including more than 4 million peopleof working age.
However, only 30 percent of them have jobs.
Tran Quynh Trang, who is in charge of a project on promoting rightsand opportunities for people with disabilities for the InternationalLabour Organisation, said that people with disabilities were an untappedresource of skills and talent.
They not only haveboth technical job skills and transferable problem-solving skillsdeveloped in daily life, but represent an overlooked andmultibillion-dollar market segment composed of themselves, theirfamilies and friends.
As the population ages, sodoes the incidence of disability. Trang said it made sense to haveemployees who know first-hand about the product and service needs ofthis consumer segment.
According to a University ofMassachusetts survey, 92 percent of the American public view companiesthat hire people with disabilities more favourably than those that donot.-VNA
