Monday, 13/03/2017 16:14 (GMT+7)
Japanese former Prime Minister Hatoyama Yukio and the Japan Friendship Association on March 12th presented 60 wheelchairs to Vietnamese people with disabilities and Agent Orange (AO) victims.
Japanese former Prime Minister Hatoyama Yukio in an occasion to present wheelchairs to disabled children (Photo: LDO)
Accordingly, the wheelchairs were provided to veterans and disabled children in such provinces as Hung Yen, Ha Nam and Thai Binh, with an aim to support their mobility, thus bettering their integration into communities.
According to the Japanese former Prime Minister, this was the third time he has presented wheelchairs since his direct participation in assisting Vietnamese disabled people. Realizing that a number of regions in Vietnam reported AO victims, he said he hoped he would successfully call on greater assistance for bringing Japanese wheelchairs to Vietnamese disabled people.
He added that the Japan Friendship Association would help Vietnam clean dioxin-infected land and assist Vietnamese businesses in manufacturing higher quality wheelchairs.
Deputy Minister of Health Pham Le Tuan thanked the humanitarian hearts of Japanese people towards Vietnamese disabled people, adding that in 2013, Japanese former Prime Minister Hatoyama Yukio visited disabled children in Vietnam and called on support from organizations and individuals for 50 wheelchairs to be transported to Vietnamese disabled children in September, 2014. In October, 2015, he continued his efforts, sending an additional 50 wheelchairs to disabled children and AO victims.
Receiving the wheelchair, Nguyen Thi Mai, a veteran from Ha Nam province, said with emotion that wheelchairs are very important supportive devices for disabled people to move and thus to live more independently. “We hope to receive more assistance from individuals and society to stand with our hands,” she said./.
Compiled by BTA