Background of project in Vietnam

The admission rate of children with disabilities in primary schools is around 25 %. This means that there are around 160,000 children who have been out of school. Recently,in Vietnam, there are 210,000 children from 6 to 10 years old. Among them there are only 52,244 children are going to schools. Many of provinces and cities in Vietnam have only one special school, so children who are living in rural area could not go to special schools in cities.

In a real situation, there are limitation of special schools is the undertaking of Vietnamese government to meet the movement of the inclusive education in the world, that.is very suitable. This project is to train inclusive education for teachers in public and private primary schools, to reach the goal is teachers will except children with disabilities in their classrooms and more children with disabilities will go to primary schools.

The government of Vietnam encourages to move on inclusive education to Education and Training Department ( DOET ) of provinces and cities. However, primary schools, DOETs in districts, DOETs of provinces and cities still face with difficulties.

     Kinh Giang province Tra Vinh province

Kinh Girang province& Tra Vinh province

In the Mekong Delta region, annual per capita income is one of the lowest in the country at $1,535. The national average is just over $2,000. According to a 2015 report by the Ministry of Education and Training, the percentage of children early dropping out of school in the Mekong Delta region is three times higher than the rest of the country.

Many farmers lost their lands. Warming temperatures and rising seas and saltwater intrusion has caused a significant loss in viable agricultural land. Floating populations are growing in number in Vietnam's southern provinces. Farmer who doesn't have land and farm, just a poorly constructed bamboo house that sits precariously along the riverbank. When the house collapses or washes away, his family moves to another location and rebuilds.

[Empty bowl: Poverty floods Vietnam's Mekong Delta Dec 17th 2015]


Situation of children with disabilities in Binh Thuan province

In Binh Thuan province, there are 127 communes in total, among that there are 17 communes in high land, 62 communes in mountainous areas, 3 communes in island , bedside that, there are 26 types of minority people, around 6,9% population in Binh Thuan province.

2017 – 2018:
Number of children in primary school age: 763 (children got diagnosis and children did not get it )
Number of children in special school: 4
Number of children in primary schools nearby their home: 632 (children got diagnosis and children did not get it)
In the first year of project, 83 % children with disabilities went to primary schools.

2018 – 2019:
Number of children in primary school age: 852 (children got diagnosis and children did not get it)
Number of children in special school: 3
Number of children in primary schools nearby their home: 724 (children got diagnosis and children did not get it)
In the second year of project , 85 % children with disabilities went to primary schools.

2019 – 2020:
Number of children in primary school age: 680 (children got diagnosis)
Number of children in special school: 0
Number of children in primary schools nearby their home: 649 (children got diagnosis)
In the third year of project, 95% children with disabilities went to primary schools.

* From 2017-2020 to deploying this project “ To build up a system of training inclusive education in Binh Thuan province” (Cooperation and non –refundable investment linked to Japan NGO)

Situation of children with disabilities in An Giang province

An Giang province is in the border with Cambodia, where many Khmer people are living. It is a poor province in Vietnam, there isn’t industrial zone nor nice spectacular as Can tho city.

2017 – 2018:
Number of children in primary school age: 792 (children got diagnosis and children did not get it )
Number of children in special school: 174
Number of children in primary schools nearby their home:434 (children got diagnosis and children did not get it)
In the first year of project , 78 % children with disabilities went to primary schools.

2018 – 2019:
Number of children in primary school age: 663 (children got diagnosis)
Number of children in special school:150
Number of children in primary schools nearby their home: 357 (children got diagnosis)
In the second year of project, 76 % children with disabilities went to primary schools.

2019 – 2020:
Number of children in primary school age: 626 (children got diagnosis )
Number of children in special school:144
Number of children in primary schools nearby their home: 399 (children got diagnosis )
In the third year of project, 87 % children with disabilities went to primary schools.

* From 2017-2020, to deploying this project “ To build up a system of training inclusive education in An Giang province” (Cooperation and non –refundable investment linked to Japan NGO)

Situation of children with disabilities who go to schools in Lam Dong province

Lam Dong province - where we implemented the project – is a mountainous province of Vietnam, bordering to Dong Nai province.

2014 – 2015
Number of children who went to special school: 206 children
Number of children who went to near by primary schools : 419 children

2015 – 2016
Number of children who went to special school : 211 children
Number of children who went to near by primary school: 490 children

2016 – 2017
Number of children who went to special school: 210 children
Number of children who went to nearby primary schools : 569 children

* In 2018, our organization did the training courses of inclusive education for 30 key teachers from Lam Dong province ( Cooperation and non –refundable investment linked to Japan NGO )

* In 2014-2017, we implemented the project ‘To build up the system of training courses for inclusive education in Lam Dong ( Cooperation and non –refundable investment linked to Japan NGO )

Situation of children with disabilities who went to schools in Dong Nai province

Dong Nai province is in South East , bordering with Ho chí Minh city.

2013 – 2014
Number of children in the school ages : 1.351 children
Number of children went to special school: 127 children
Number of children who went to nearby primary schools: 1.019 children
Before implementing project, there were 75 % children with disabilities went to primary schools.

2014 – 2015
Number of children were in school ages: 2.386 children
Number of children went to special school: 148 children
Number of children who went to near by primary school: 1.195 children
First year of implementing project, there were 50% children with disabilities went to primary schools.

2015 – 2016
Number of children were in school ages: 1.896 children
Number of children went to special school: 154 children
Number of children with disabilities went to near by primary schools: 1.118 children
Second year of implementing project, there were 59 % children with disability went to primary schools.

2016 – 2017
Number of children were in schools ages: 1.776 children
Number of children went to special school: 164 children
Number of children went to near by primary schools: 1.412 children
Third year of implementing project, there were 80 % children with disabilities went to primary schools.


* In 2008, our organization did the training courses of inclusive education for 30 key teachers from Dong Nai province ( Cooperation and non –refundable investment linked to Japan NGO)

* In 2011-2013, we implemented the project ‘To build up the system of training courses for inclusive education in Dong Nai province (The technique support and cooperation of JICA)

* In 2014-2017, we implemented the project ‘To build up the system of training courses for inclusive education in Dong Nai’ ( Cooperation and non –refundable investment linked to Japan NGO)