Outstanding youths with disabilities honoured
As many as 64 prominent young people with disabilities were honoured during a ceremony in Hanoi on December 28. Organised by the Vietnam Youth Federation Central Committee and the National Committee on Persons with Disabilities, the event aims to call for further support for youths with disabilities, and seek suitable and sustainable models for them to integrate into the society.
Participants at the ceremony (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA)
– As many as 64 prominent
young people with disabilities were honoured during a ceremony in Hanoi on
December 28.Organised by the Vietnam Youth
Federation Central Committee and the National Committee on Persons with Disabilities,
the event aims to call for further support for youths with disabilities, and
seek suitable and sustainable models for them to integrate into the society.
In his remarks, Minister of
Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung affirmed that the honoured represent
thousands of youths from different regions, ethnic groups and religions who are
working in various fields. They have overcome the physical challenge to affirm
their values and contribute to the country.
The minister also called on
sectors, organisations and individuals to pay more attention to this group and
work together to improve social welfare for them.
Vietnam is now home to about 6.4 million people with
disabilities from over 2 years old, two million of them adolescents, data of
the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs showed.
The figures are likely on the rise due to numerous social
factors, notably aging population, environmental pollution, climate change and
traffic accidents.
The programme to honour Vietnamese disabled people’s
fortitude was first launched in 2013./.