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Submitted by unname1 on Wed, 01/26/2011 - 11:35
The Japanese Government is to build an educational and vocational training centre for blind children in the central province of Thanh Hoa , home to 10,000 vision-impaired people, of whom 10 percent are children. 

A US$98,000 grant was signed in Hanoi on January 25 under its contract with the provincial Centre for Education and Vocational Training for the Blind to help alleviate the plight of target groups by providing them with skills in information technology, wickerwork, massage and music playing. 

Established in 2000, the centre has not yet owned any property and has to use rooms from the Association of the Blind as classrooms and dormitories for boarding students. 

The grant will be used to put up a three-storey building on an area of 420 sq. m. to provide accommodation and a canteen for students. 

Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam Yasuaki Tanizaki said he hopes the project will help the blind in Thanh Hoa further integrate themselves into the community and promote relations between Japan and Vietnam.
VNA

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