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Soul connections through song
You may one day chance upon a moment, when perhaps you’re in a hurry, rushing through the crowded and noisy streets of Hanoi at the end of a working day, and, almost like a miracle, the sound of singing finds your ears and slows you down,
Over 7,000 disabled to join 20th camp festival in Ho Chi Minh City
More than 7,000 people with disabilities from Ho Chi Minh City and 16 southern cities and provinces will join the 20th camp festival in Ho Chi Minh City on November 30.
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Campaign encourages public involvement in sea clean-up, HCM City: Over 5,000 walk for AO victims, disabled, Vietnamese beers present at Berlin beer festival for 18 years, Hanoi police prosecute two men for illegal drug trafficking
HCM City to improve bus access for disabled
VietNamNet Bridge – People with disabilities are thankful for the efforts HCM City has taken to increase their access to public buses, but say more can be done.
A poor man with boundless generosity
VietNamNet Bridge – Fifty-three-year-old Do Van Ut says he'll remember the face of the young man until he dies.
Minister asks for VND2 trillion to fix Central Highland immigration problem
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development proposed allocating VND2 trillion (USD95 million) over the next three years to aid the settlement of immigrants to the Central Highlands.
Generous tailor alters lives of hundreds
VietNamNet Bridge – By offering free vocational training and shelter to the disabled and victims of human trafficking and domestic violence, Tran Duyen Hai helps them escape these desperate circumstances.
Lives Worth Living: The struggle for equal rights for disabled people
VietNamNet Bridge – American filmmaking couple Eric Neudel and Alison Gilkey are in Viet Nam from March 11 to 20 to present their TV documentary Lives Worth Living about the struggle for equal rights for people with disabilities,
Judge suspended for taking bribes
The Hai Phong People's Court has decided to temporarily suspend a judge from work during an investigation into accusations that he had accepted bribes.
Sport offers new hope to disabled
VietNamNet Bridge – Central Quang Tri is home to about 80 per cent of the country's physically disabled people, but its sports programme has been a "magical wand" changing the lives of those with disabilities for the better
In photos: The class of hopes for people with disabilities
VietNamNet Bridge – For nearly 6 years, the precincts of Huong Lan pagoda in Dong Son commune, Chuong My district, Hanoi, has been the “class” of many people with disability.
Ten finalists of the beauty contest for the disabled
Ten of the over 70 contestants have been selected for the final round of the “Beauty of Crescent Moon 2013”, the pageant for girls with disabilities, which will take place on the evening of April 14 in Hanoi.
Frenchman makes electric wheelchairs for Vietnamese disabled
As an expert on electric motors, Philippe Metzinger is very enthusiastic in designing electric vehicles for people with disabilities. So far, he has installed 100 electric wheelchairs to present to Vietnamese disabilities.
