The wheelchairs worth a total of 1.1 billion VND (47,800 USD) are funded by the foundation. At the event, the recipients were also instructed how to assemble and use the vehicle.

At the event.

Chairman of the association Mai Xuan Thu said the move is expected to help the disabled ease their difficulties and quickly integrate into the community.

He wished that the disabled and vulnerable groups will receive further support from philanthropists, especially in creating sustainable livelihoods, presenting scholarships and offering heart surgeries to the handicapped and their children living in need.

American woman spends her youth caring for disabled Vietnamese kids

After vacationing in Vietnam, a young American woman decided to stay back, leaving her family, to take care of disabled children. Carly Placek is sweeping the yard but stops when she hears coughing. It is Mit, one of the children she looks after at Thuy An Disability Children and Older Nourishing Center in Hanoi’s Ba Vi District.

Abandoned disabled boy finds solace in martial arts

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US organisations support disabled, poor people in Thua Thien-Hue

The central province of Thua Thien-Hue on September 9 received assistance from some US organisations to support medical checks and treatment and life improvement for local disabled and low-income people.

Bac Giang team wins many medals at national sport games for people with disabilities

(BGO) – The athletes in Bac Giang team won high achievement at the National Championships of table tennis, badminton, weightlifting, chess and boccia for people with disability.

Samsung Electronics Vietnam presents 100 wheelchairs to Bac Giang’s people with disabilities

(BGO) – The Department of Foreign Affairs (DoFA) has recently coordinated with the Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs and Samsung Electronics Vietnam Company Limited (Samsung Vietnam) to present 100 wheelchairs to the people with disabilities in the northern province of Bac Giang in 2019 to ease their travel difficulties and help them further integrate to the society so as to overcome the life challenges.  

Source: VNA