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Article: Seminar on IT and employment for blind people.
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- Vietnamese News Agency
- Article date:
- September 9, 2008
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Da Nang , September 9 (VNA) -- Nearly 200 key officials of national and local blind associations nationwide attended a seminar on "IT application and job opportunities for blind people" held in central Da Nang city on Sept. 9.
At the seminar, jointly organised by the Vietnam Blind Association (VBA) and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), participants agreed that blind people need help to assess IT in order to improve their living conditions, professional skills and seek appropriate jobs.
The VBA currently has about 50,000 members, including 12,000 in the working age. They mainly do simple works to earn their living, and get ...