Finding Encouragement, Being Included - Pham Thi Bich Ngoc rides the modified wheelchair to get her out into the community.
A young woman riding on a modified wheelchair
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USAID Supports Community Surveillance of Poultry Farms to Fight Bird Flu - USAID works with local officials to train community surveillance collaborators in provinces to detect and control disease outbreaks.
USAID helps communities with trained collaborators to detect disease.
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USAID Supports Science for Disease Control - USAID has provided cutting edge equipment to a national laboratory in Hanoi to help epidemiologists identify resistance in viruses.
USAID contributes technology to Hanoi laboratory
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Ethnic Minorities Grow Cocoa and Improve Livelihoods - USAID helps ethnic minorities earn a better living by harvesting cocoa.
Ethnic Minorities in Central Vietnam boost livelihoods with cocoa
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USAID Funds Refurbished Preschools in Central Vietnam - Better preschools and instruction help ethnic minority children learn Vietnamese and get a good start in school.
USAID Funds Refurbished Preschools in Central Vietnam
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Vietnam Expands Community Methadone Treatment with USAID/PEPFAR Support - Former Deputy Prime Minister Truong Vinh Trong visits co-pay methadone clinic in Hai Phong, supported by USAID and PEPFAR.
First co-pay methadone clinic opens in Hai Phong. Photo: R. Nyberg, USAID
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USAID Teams up with Vietnamese Company to Provide Microfinance for People Living with or Affected by HIV/AIDS - Nguyen Hung is one of 22 women who are HIV infected and affected to access microfinance services of TYM as part of a pilot USAID project. 
Farmer Hung Nguyen received a loan from TYM to buy a cow. Photo: Chemonics
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USAID: Celebrating 50 Years of Global Development - USAID Mission Director Francis Donovan, colleagues, and students gather in Hanoi.
USAID/Vietnam welcomes guests to an open house on November 3, 2011.
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Support for People with Disablities: Empowering Workers - Ms. Le Thi Het received a wheelchair and rehabiliation support from USAID that strengthened her legs to help her make a living by sewing.
Ms. Le Thi Het received a wheelchair and rehabilitation support from USAID.
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Promoting Innovation in Engineering Classrooms - Dr. Nguyen Thi Hong Minh teaches computer aided design and manufacturing using techniques that put students in the center of the classroom.
Dr. Nguyen Thi Hong Minh, Hanoi University of Science and Technology
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U.S-Supported IT Training for People with Disabilities Expanded to Danang

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Photo Dong A University launches the first ITTP training course funded by USAID

DANANG, December 3, 2012 -- On the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, Dong A University in Danang launched a U.S.-supported IT training program for people with disabilities following similar successful initiatives in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

Remarks by USAID Mission Director Joakim Parker at the International Day of Persons with Disabilities and Job Fair

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Photo USAID Mission Director Joakim Parker joins activities during PWD day

HANOI, December 2, 2012 -- It is an honor for me to join people who are so dedicated to making Vietnam a more inclusive society for people with disabilities. The theme of this year’s International Day could not be more important. “Removing barriers” and being more inclusive – those are goals that resonate in every country, including my own. But they mean nothing without leadership in government and in society.

Keynote Speech by USAID Mission Director Joakim Parker at the Lower Mekong Initiative Alumni Enrichment Conference

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USAID Mission Director Joakim Parker addresses the LMI alumni in Hanoi.

HANOI, November 29, 2012 -- Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for the privilege of making the keynote address at this first gathering of LMI alumni. And welcome everyone to Vietnam, particularly those of you representing the newest participant in the Lower Mekong Initiative. We see real progress in Burma's recent reforms and look forward to supporting them and learning from them, through both LMI and other mechanisms.

U.S. Embassy Helps Build Capacity of Professionals Working in Lower Mekong Region

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Country delegation at the LMI Alumni Conference

HANOI, November 29, 2012 -- The U.S. Embassy Hanoi, and Green Innovation and Development Center (GreenID) organized a conference for thirty one participants of U.S. Government sponsored exchange programs under the theme: "Cooperation for a Sustainable Future" from November 29 to December 1, 2012. Participants are government officials, NGO leaders and researchers from Lower Mekong region countries, including: Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Burma and Vietnam.

U.S. Supports Community Resilience to Coastal Natural Hazards in Vietnam

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A coastal fishing community in central Vietnam. Photo: USAID

QUANG NAM, Vietnam, November 21, 2012 -- Quang Nam Province today launched a U.S.-supported project to increase the resilience of disaster-prone central coastal communities to natural hazards. Over two years, the Green Shield project ("La Chan Xanh" in Vietnamese) will directly benefit 48,000 local people in 12,000 households in Quang Nam and Binh Dinh provinces often among the most affected by heavy rains and flooding.

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