[3][4] Vietnam also participates in the Biwako Framework, an outline for societies to become more inclusive in the Asia-Pacific region.
[5] Disability prevalence in Vietnam is higher than what is typically observed in other countries and this number increases in Agent Orange hot spots, such as the city of Da Nang.
[1] Despite the rapid growth of the Vietnamese economy, since the end of the American War, the government provides little assistance to people with disabilities and their families, most of whom disproportionately live in poverty.
The Vietnamese Ministry of Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs (MOLISA) estimated that, as of 2009[update], 32.5% of households of people with disabilities are poor.
[2] In the same report, the NCCD estimated that only 21% of Vietnamese vocational institutes are able to provided work readiness training to people with disabilities.