Director of USAID’s Environment and Social Development Office in Vietnam Christopher Abrams speaks at the event (Photo: VNA)Dong Nai (VNA) – A seminar was held in the southern province of Dong Nai on August 19to discuss a project to support people with disabilities caused by Agent Orange (AO)/dioxinsprayed on seven localities of Vietnam during the war.
The event wasco-organised by the Standing Agency of the National Steering Committee on theSettlement of Post-war Unexploded Ordnance and Toxic Chemical Consequences(Office 701) and the US Agency for International Development (USAID).
At the seminar, Directorof USAID’s Environment and Social Development Office in Vietnam ChristopherAbrams said the US over the time has teamed up with Vietnamese competentagencies to carry out various projects on war consequence settlement andsupport for AO/dioxin victims.
A project tosupport people with disabilities in seven localities follows the success of theprevious cooperation projects between the countries, he said.
Abrams notedthat as USAID has many experience in projects on health care, medicalassistance and livelihoods for the disabled, the agency will help Vietnamensure the efficient implementation of the project.
For his part,head of Office 701 Than Thanh Cong said the project aims to realise thememorandum of intent signed between the two agencies in April 2019.
Accordingly,USAID will grant 50 million USD to help Vietnam provide direct care, improve rehabilitation services, and develop social services to better serve peoplewith disabilities in the central provinces of Quang Tri, Thua Thien-Hue, QuangNam and Binh Dinh, and southern Dong Nai, Binh Phuoc and Tay Ninh provinces.
Vietnam iscurrently home to about 8 million people with disabilities, accounting for 8percent of the population. The figure stood at more than 163,000 in the sevenlocalities of the project. Most of the victims are poor people and facingdifficulties in getting access to livelihoods and employment.-VNA
The event wasco-organised by the Standing Agency of the National Steering Committee on theSettlement of Post-war Unexploded Ordnance and Toxic Chemical Consequences(Office 701) and the US Agency for International Development (USAID).
At the seminar, Directorof USAID’s Environment and Social Development Office in Vietnam ChristopherAbrams said the US over the time has teamed up with Vietnamese competentagencies to carry out various projects on war consequence settlement andsupport for AO/dioxin victims.
A project tosupport people with disabilities in seven localities follows the success of theprevious cooperation projects between the countries, he said.
Abrams notedthat as USAID has many experience in projects on health care, medicalassistance and livelihoods for the disabled, the agency will help Vietnamensure the efficient implementation of the project.
For his part,head of Office 701 Than Thanh Cong said the project aims to realise thememorandum of intent signed between the two agencies in April 2019.
Accordingly,USAID will grant 50 million USD to help Vietnam provide direct care, improve rehabilitation services, and develop social services to better serve peoplewith disabilities in the central provinces of Quang Tri, Thua Thien-Hue, QuangNam and Binh Dinh, and southern Dong Nai, Binh Phuoc and Tay Ninh provinces.
Vietnam iscurrently home to about 8 million people with disabilities, accounting for 8percent of the population. The figure stood at more than 163,000 in the sevenlocalities of the project. Most of the victims are poor people and facingdifficulties in getting access to livelihoods and employment.-VNA
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