The big dream of a little woman

Born with spinal muscular atrophy, Nguyen Thi Van runs a graphic design company and a vocational center for people with disabilities, dreaming of building a 'seedling garden.'

Nguyen Thi Van, 32, co-founded Nghi Luc Song (Dream Seed) Center in 2003 with her brother Nguyen Cong Hung, who has disabilities like Van (Photo: VNA)

The Hanoi-based center hires dozens of workers, with more than 70% of them having different kinds of disabilities (Photo: VNA)

The center has so far provided vocational and skills training for more than 1,000 people with disabilities (Photo: VNA)

Van introduces her company’s working process to foreign partners (Photo: VNA)

At a training session at Dream Seed (Photo: VNA)

Van leads a skill training session at Dream Seed (Photo: VNA)

With her Australian husband (Photo: VNA)

Van is honored by Forbes Vietnam as one of the 50 most influential Vietnamese women in 2019 (Photo: VNA)

At a discussion within the Women's Summit organized by Forbes Vietnam (Photo: VNA)

Van receives an award at En Xanh (Blue Swallow), a program to build, accelerate and recognize business initiatives for social changes (Photo: VNA)

Van performs at an Ao dai fashion show (Photo: VNA)

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