USAID Expands US $1.15 Million Project to Support People with Disabilities in Bac Lieu

The US $1.15 million project is implemented by United States Agency for International Development (USAID) partner, Vietnam Assistance for the Handicapped (VNAH), and runs from 2023 to October 2025.
Zoey Nguyễn
March 15, 2024 | 12:04

On March 14, the United States Mission to Vietnam, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), partnered with the Bac Lieu People’s Committee to launch USAID’s persons with Disabilities program in Bac Lieu province. The program was first announced during US President Joseph Biden’s visit to Vietnam in September 2023.

At the event, USAID/Vietnam Mission Director Aler Grubbs stressed that the launch of the program for persons with disabilities in Bac Lieu delivers on our two countries’ shared priorities and our support for a strong, resilient, prosperous, independent Vietnam.

United States Launches Expanded Support for Persons with Disabilities Programs in Bac Lieu Province
USAID representative and leaders of the Bac Lieu People’s Committee at the launch of the support program for persons with disabilities in Bac Lieu province on March 14 (Photo: USAID Vietnam).

"Our cooperation to overcome the legacies of war has been foundational for building trust, demonstrating our commitment, and advancing the relationship between the United States and Vietnam to what is now a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership,” said Aler Grubbs.

According to Grubbs, USAID's Disabilities Rights Enforcement, Coordination, and Therapies project in Bac Lieu supports the enforcement of disability laws, expansion of rehabilitation services and livelihood support to persons with disabilities, and improvement in early childhood disability detection. This US $1.15 million project is implemented by USAID partner, Vietnam Assistance for the Handicapped (VNAH), and runs from 2023 to October 2025.

Through the US Leahy War Victims Fund, USAID has worked to improve the lives of people with disabilities in Vietnam since 1991. US assistance aims to address medical and social needs, improve disability policies, and reduce physical and social barriers. Until now, the US Government through USAID has contributed more than US $155 million in assistance to persons with disabilities in Vietnam.

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