Materials : Country
Submissions :
Vietnam - Country Report
Mr. Nghiem Xuan Tue
Director
The Office of the National Coordinating Council
on Disability of Vietnam (NCCD)
I.
Shortcomings in the implementation of BMF in Vietnam
After the High Intergovernmental Meeting held in Otshu City, Shiga
Prefecture, Japan, the National Coordinating Council on Disabilities of
Vietnam (NCCD) reported to the Government of Vietnam and the National
Assembly about the meeting and the Biwako Millennium Framework of Action
withits objectives and indicators related to 7 priority areas. The NCCD of
Vietnam organized the Conference in Halong City on 11 – 12 July 2003 on the
development of long – term plan of action on disability for NCCD based on 7
priority areas in the Biwako Millennium Framework of Actions (BMF) and also
identified the obligations for relevant Ministries to implement this plan.
However, after 2 years of implementation of the7 priority areas of
BMF, there have been some shortcomings as follows:
1. In-depth dissemination of the BMF with the7 priority areas in the Asia
and the Pacific Second Decade of Persons with disabilities (2003 – 2012 has
only been implemented in big cities and morepopulated areas. A large
number of people living in the countryside, remote and mountainous areas
still have no understanding on the BMF. Therefore, NCCD has printed 12,000
translated versions of BMF in Vietnamese and it will distribute them at 64
cities and provinces nationwide.
2. The relevant ministries that implement 7 priority areas of BMF
have not yet studied in-depth and applied the objectives and
indicators of each area in plan of action for development, but rather set up
some programmes to solve immediate remained problems.
3. Recently, the implementation process showed that some
objectives have not been met as regulated by BMF. For example, the 75%
enrolment target in primary education for children with disabilities will
not be achieved by the schedule. It also seems that by 2005, women with
disabilities will not be able to participate as leaders in the National
Women Union as planned.
4. There are not stable financial sources in the State budget for the
plan of action on disability.The main funding comes from the localities, the
donor organizations and the international cooperation.In 2005, The
Government has, for the first time, allocated a budget of 11,5 billion dong
( approximately 750,000 USD)for the short-term vocational training ( 6 – 11
months In 2006, the Government will continue to support 20 billion
dong (approximately 1,258 million USD) for this area.The other areas will be
funded by the budget with 31,7 billion dong (approximately 2 million USD)
for the 2 years of 2006 – 2007.
NCCD has been requested by the National Assembly and the Government to
formulate the Drafting Committee on the Law on Disability in 2006. If
successful,this law will be ratified in 2008 by the National Assembly, after
the review of 10 - year implementation of the Ordinance on Persons with
Disabilities.
NCCD has joined in the Drafting Committee to comment on the 5 - year plan
on social and economic development ( 2006 – 2010). The disabilityissues will
be included into the plan in areas of education, employment, healthcare,
sports and exercises, for example.
Pursuant to the inter- ministerial circular 19/2005/TTLT/BLDTBXH – BTC –
BKHDT of the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs, Ministry of
Finance, Ministry of Planning and Investment,to urge the Provincial People’s
Committee, Provincial Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs to
formulate the Fund for supporting employment of persons with disabilities.
NCCD will organize a round table discussion for national,multi-national
and foreign companies in Vietnam to exchange experiences on employing
persons with disabilities.
II. The current status of the National plan of action [or: National
Action Plan] on disability
The National 2 - year action plan (2006 - 2007) to implement the7+1
priority areas of the Biwako Millennium Framework and preparation for the
mid-point review of the framework in 2007 for the second decade.
I. The self-help organizations of persons with disabilities and family
and parents’ associations of persons with disabilities.
Implementing agency: Department of Non – Government Organizations,
Ministry of Home Affairs.
Plan of action
- To apply all relevant
documents on “ self-help” organizations of persons with disabilities and
parent associations.
- To conduct case study in some
localities to draw lessons learned in order to steer therelevant agencies to
facilitate the relevant organizations of persons with disabilities.
- To complete draft law on formation of the Associations and to submit
it to the National Assembly, aimed at facilitating the establishment of
organizations of and for persons with disabilities immediately after the
law has become effective.
II.
Women with disabilities:
Implementing agencies: Department of Family and Social Affairs (
Vietnam Central Women Union)
Plan of action:
- To propagandize and educate on the issue of women with disabilities for 500
thousand participations of women with disabilities in the total of 3
million women, at all levels.
- To develop materials and organize 30 training courses to empower 1,500 women
with disabilities. Printing 10,000 posters and 100,000 leaflets.
- To assist in development of self-help groups of women with disabilities. To
promulgate the formation procedures and actions of these groups.
- To enhance the capacity for 200 staff members of Vietnam Woman Union with
disabilities at central and local levels so that they have a chance to
enable them to participate in activities of women with disabilities and
Vietnam Women Union.
- To develop the enterprise model of women with disabilities in order to
create jobs with stable income. The target for 2006 - 2007 is to provide
1,000 women with disabilities with vocational training and employment with
immediate income.
- Communicating and monitoring: to organize 10 seminars and workshops
and at least 10 field missions annually to share information and monitor.
III.
Early detection, early intervention and education for children with
disabilities
a)
Early detection
Implementing agency: Department of health care ( Vietnam Red cross)
Plan of action
- To organize 3 workshops on awareness raising for 128 key staff members of
the provincial and the municipal red crossing three regional areas of the
north, the central and the south.
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To organize the training courses on early detection and early intervention for
the volunteer network of the Red Cross society ( 6 training courses for 300
staff at the district level and 663 training courses for staff at the
commune level)
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70% - 80% of children with disabilities will be provided with early
detection services in communities.
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To make charts and diagram, to collect and process database on persons with
disabilities of early detection.
b) Early Intervention
Implementing agency: Department of Treatment, Ministry of Health
Plan of action:
- To organizing 3 workshops in
three regions to raise awareness of health sector and community in early
detection, early intervention and health rehabilitation for children with
disabilities.
- To build capacity on early
detection and early intervention for health workers at central and
local levels. It would be done through developing, at least, 1 set of
documentsby organizing 6 training courses. These training courses will
beorganizedon early detection for 300 doctors of pediatrics and obstetrics
nation-wide, and 6 training courses for 300 health workers in 10 selected
provinces.
- To study and develop a model
on early intervention of disability in children, to; implement a pilot model
in 5 provinces andtoorganize 5 training courses for 250 community - based
rehabilitation worker. To produce a book on early intervention,
rehabilitation and inclusive education.
- To organize 1 national
workshop on policy development of early detection and early intervention of
disability.
c) Inclusive education for children with disabilities
Implementing agency: national steering committee on education for
children with disabilities, Ministry of Education and Training
Plan of action
- The regulations of inclusive
education, issued by the Ministry of Education and Training, will be
promulgated at national level during the school year of 2005 – 2006.
- Training of teachers in
inclusive education for children with disabilities will be conducted at
throughout country (547 teachers have been trained in the first phase,
in September 2005)
- To comply books in Braille
for the blind
- Sign language will be unified
and methodologies of inclusive education will be developed for students with
hearing impairment.
- Hearing aids will be
purchased for on the purpose of training teachers and using in
Conference on disabilities.
- To develop and review the
inclusive education programme for children with disabilities and then submit
to the Government for approval.
IV.
Training and employment, including self-employment of persons with
disabilities
Implementing agency: Vietnam Association of Business and Enterprises
of Persons with Disabilities
Plan of action:
- To organize training courses
to enhance ability of recruiting persons with disabilities into vocational
training and employment for members of VABED.
- To provide vocational
training in centers and businesses which that have the capacity for training
persons with disabilities.
- Promoting trade and
advertising products made by persons with disabilities.
- To organize a round table
discussion. This event will provide an opportunity for corporations to
exchange experiences in hiring persons with disabilities to work for
domestic and joint-venture companies.
V.
Access to built environment and public transport
a) Access to built environment
Implementing agency: Department of Technology, Ministry of
Construction
Plan of action:
- To develop building code of
construction accessibility for persons with disabilities.
- To design, to build the pilot
models of accessible buildings, to collaborate with investors to
renovate the schools nation-wide.
- To renovate 4 orthopedics and
rehabilitation services throughout the country.
- To renovate some tourist
spots ( Halong, Ancient city of Hanoi, Citadels, Hue, Hoi An, My Son...)
- To renovate museum system in
Hanoi, Danang, Ho Chi Minh City and Mekong Delta River...
b) Access to public transport
Implementing agency: Department of technology, Ministry of Transport
Plan of action:
- To study, to inspect, to
evaluate and to recommendsolutions for accessible transport in some selected
cities.
- To design and to assist in
making 6 pilot busses which meet the standards of accessible
transport.
- To select and to implement
the accessible pilot bus route in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City (including the
fund supporting for transport enterprises, repairing waiting lounges,
terminals, bus stop, training for driving....).
- To study, to assist in
developing 1 pilot train carriage that ensure accessible transport
standards, selecting the route and putting it into operation.
- To conduct training
activities on standards, seminarsand awareness raising on accessible
transport.
- To facilitating the inclusion
of the accessible design for Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) in Hanoi and Ho Chi
Minh City.
VI.
Access to information and communication, including information,
communication and assistive technologies
Implementing agency: Department of Information Technology Application,
( Ministry of Post and Telematics) and National Steering Committee on
Information Technology
Plan of action:
- To raise awareness and
responsibility on disability issues and of disabled persons’ organizations.
- To conduct the surveys, to
access the needs and capability of persons with disabilities in accessing to
information technology.
- Materials on ICT products and
other publications (such as recommendations on ICT applications for persons
with disabilities) will be compiled and published.
- To launch the ICT Application
Award for products supporting Vietnamese with disabilities ( beginning from
3 December 2005 to 3 December 2006)
VII. Poverty alleviation
through social security and livelihood programmes
Implementing agency: Department of healthcare (Vietnam Red Cross
Society) and Association for support of Vietnamese handicapped and orphans
Plan of action
- To conduct surveys on
disability situation in 64 provinces/cities before and after alleviating
poverty.
- To design a software to
manage and monitor the situation of persons with disability for those two
Association.
- To develop programmes,
training materials and organizing training workshops on capacity building on
surveying skills, training skills for staff at central and local level.
Theseworkshops provide skills to assist persons with disabilities in
alleviating poverty and developing economy ( 21 training courses for 400
persons)
VIII. Propaganda, awareness raising of the
public on disability
Implementing agency: Vietnam Television Station and mass media
Plan of action:
- Every week, there are disability - related programmes on Vietnam Television
(VTV) focusing on implementation of 7 priority areas in Biwako
Millennium Framework of action.
- By the end of October 2005, NCCD Office will publish 15,000 copies of BMF
leaflet in Vietnamese and distribute them in 64 provinces and cities.
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