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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USAID Supports Use of ICT to Enhance Inclusive Education for Disabled Children

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Photo of Project launching in Hanoi.

HANOI, November 15, 2012 -- Vietnam's Ministry of Education and Training, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and implementing partner Catholic Relief Services (CRS) today launched a three-year project devised to enhance access to and quality of inclusive education for Vietnamese children with disabilities through information and communication technology (ICT) by reducing their difficulties in accessing to quality education.

Remarks by USAID Mission Director Joakim Parker at the Launching of the Enhancing Access to and Quality of Inclusive Education through ICT for Children with Disabilities Project

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Photo USAID Mission Director Joakim Parker speaks at the project launching event

HANOI, November 15, 2012 -- Ladies and gentlemen, it's a real pleasure to be here today to be able to participate with you in the launching of this important project for children with disabilities.

U.S.-Supported Program Promotes Social Work Education in Vietnam

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USAID Mission Director Joakim Parker announces Social Work Education Program.

HANOI, November 9, 2012 -- The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) today announced a three-year partnership with Vietnamese institutions to enhance social work education in Vietnam.

Vietnam Completes Roll-out of U.S.-Supported Rapid Detection TB Equipment

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Laboratory technicians in Dien Bien learn how to use the Xpert system.

DIEN BIEN, Vietnam, November 1, 2012 -- Laboratory technicians have completed training on cutting-edge laboratory equipment provided to Vietnam's National Tuberculosis Control Program with U.S. support that will help control the spread of tuberculosis by shortening the time to diagnose tuberculosis and rifampicin drug resistance from several months to under two hours.

U.S. Supports Vietnam’s Campaign to Fight Intestinal Worms

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School children receive a dose of deworming medicine in Dien Bien

DIEN BIEN, Vietnam, October 31, 2012 -- Vietnam's Ministries of Health and Education and Training today launched a large-scale, U.S.-supported distribution of medicine to help children and women of reproductive age in disadvantaged areas of Vietnam fight off intestinal worms.

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