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Vietnam approves $20m project to promote disabled people's rights

Vietnam approves $20m project to promote disabled people's rights

The Prime Minister has approved a project to promote the rights of people with disabilities funded by the United States Agency for International Development's (USAID).
Disabled call for better service attitude on public transport

Disabled call for better service attitude on public transport

A fifth of women over 65 in Europe disabled by 2047: study

A fifth of women over 65 in Europe disabled by 2047: study

The story of a Vietnamese teacher who's smaller than his students

The story of a Vietnamese teacher who's smaller than his students

Nguyen Van Hung, 29, is just 117cm tall, but that hasn't stopped him from helping youth with disabilities like his own. 
December 19, 2017 | 07:40 pm PT
Disabled Hanoi teacher masters the art of calligraphy... with his mouth

Disabled Hanoi teacher masters the art of calligraphy... with his mouth

Losing the use of his hands has not held back this inspirational teacher in Hanoi. 
January 21, 2018 | 04:00 pm PT
A Vietnamese man on crutches scales peak after peak

A Vietnamese man on crutches scales peak after peak

A man who cannot walk goes jogging, does yoga and climbs mountains, literally and metaphorically.
September 19, 2018 | 07:37 pm PT
Blind people in Vietnam need more than charitable attitude

Blind people in Vietnam need more than charitable attitude

The visually impaired have a lot more potential than people might commonly think of them.
September 23, 2018 | 11:03 pm PT
Vietnam university student creates super cheap prosthetic arm

Vietnam university student creates super cheap prosthetic arm

A 23-year-old engineering student in Quang Ngai has designed a robotic prosthetic arm that costs a fraction of the normal price.
October 9, 2018 | 08:32 pm PT
A weighty love for a Vietnamese woman weighing just 20 kilos

A weighty love for a Vietnamese woman weighing just 20 kilos

An Australian falls in love, renounces home and career for a differently-abled Vietnamese woman with an indomitable spirit.
October 15, 2018 | 08:28 pm PT
A poster child for teaching kids with disabilities in Vietnam

A poster child for teaching kids with disabilities in Vietnam

She was not groomed for the job, but a teacher has found greater happiness in helping children with disabilities.
October 21, 2018 | 07:40 pm PT
No limbs, but 8-year-old girl’s will finds a way

No limbs, but 8-year-old girl’s will finds a way

An 8-year-old girl born without arms and legs is studying hard to become a doctor in southern Vietnam.
November 6, 2018 | 12:01 am PT
An improbable Vietnam-US love story gets real

An improbable Vietnam-US love story gets real

Five years ago, if 3.9-feet tall Xuan was told she’d get married and have kids someday, she would’ve said yeah right.
December 5, 2018 | 06:36 am PT
European man beats disabled Vietnam bar staff to death

European man beats disabled Vietnam bar staff to death

An unidentified foreigner has allegedly beaten a deaf and speech-impaired bar employee to death in Da Nang.
January 7, 2019 | 10:58 pm PT
South Korean artist brings global exhibition to Hanoi

South Korean artist brings global exhibition to Hanoi

Ahn Jun Mo’s exhibition titled “Become a Butterfly” will be held at the Korean Cultural Center in Hanoi from August 21 to September 14.
August 21, 2019 | 10:00 pm PT
Pagoda fulfills wedding dreams for 50 couples with disabilities

Pagoda fulfills wedding dreams for 50 couples with disabilities

50 disabled couples aged 40-50 got hitched in a group wedding organized Friday at the Giac Ngo Pagoda in Saigon's District 10.
December 29, 2019 | 07:03 am PT
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