Vietnam sets up National Committee for Persons with Disabilities
The National Committee for Vietnamese Persons with Disabilities is responsible for helping the Prime Minister steer the coordination between ministries, sectors and localities in dealing with issues related to disabled people.
The Prime Minister has signed a decision to establish a National Committee for Vietnamese Persons with Disabilities.
Under the decision, the Minister of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs is assigned as the Chairperson of the committee, and the Vice Chairperson is the ministry’s Deputy Minister.
Committee members are deputy ministers of Home Affairs; Finance; Planning and Investment; Justice; Health; Education and Training; Culture, Sports and Tourism; Construction; Transport; Information and Communications; and Science and Technology; as well as leaders of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee, the Vietnam Federation on Disability, the Vietnamese Women’s Union, the Association for the Support of Vietnamese Handicapped and Orphans, the Vietnam Blind Association, and Vietnam Association of Victims of Agent Orange.
The committee is in charge of helping the Prime Minister steer the coordination between ministries, sectors and localities in dealing with issues related to disabled people.
Specifically, it studies and proposes annual and five-year plans on disability affairs, while intensifying international cooperation in this field, promoting the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Asian and Pacific Decade of Persons with Disabilities, and inspecting the implementation of the Law for the Disabled and other policies for persons with disabilities.
The Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs is the permanent office of the committee.
Under the decision, the Minister of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs is assigned as the Chairperson of the committee, and the Vice Chairperson is the ministry’s Deputy Minister.
Committee members are deputy ministers of Home Affairs; Finance; Planning and Investment; Justice; Health; Education and Training; Culture, Sports and Tourism; Construction; Transport; Information and Communications; and Science and Technology; as well as leaders of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee, the Vietnam Federation on Disability, the Vietnamese Women’s Union, the Association for the Support of Vietnamese Handicapped and Orphans, the Vietnam Blind Association, and Vietnam Association of Victims of Agent Orange.
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Specifically, it studies and proposes annual and five-year plans on disability affairs, while intensifying international cooperation in this field, promoting the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Asian and Pacific Decade of Persons with Disabilities, and inspecting the implementation of the Law for the Disabled and other policies for persons with disabilities.
The Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs is the permanent office of the committee.
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