Posts Tagged ‘ Visually Impaired ’

Hanoi exhibition dislays works of those who see with their hands 

November 21, 2011
Hanoi exhibition dislays works of those who see with their hands 

  A visually impaired student at work in Hai Duong Province’s Cay pottery village. A special arts exhibition by visually impaired students is open at the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum in Hanoi from Nov 19 to 25, Tuoi Tre newspaper reported on Saturday. Nghe thuat vuot qua thi giac (art that surpasses visual perception) features [...]

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POLITICS IN BRIEF 21/7

July 21, 2009
POLITICS IN BRIEF 21/7

VN President welcomes GTel Mobile leaders; Zarubezhneft chief receives Vietnamese honour; President Triet promises better care for the blind; Vietnam helps Laos build border check-point; Party leader receives outgoing Russian ambassador   VN President welcomes GTel Mobile leaders   President Nguyen Minh Triet received leaders and shareholders of the GTel Mobile Joint Stock Company (GTel Mobile) upon [...]

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Grassroots essential in fighting corruption

May 14, 2009
Grassroots essential in fighting corruption

LookAtVietnam – A proposal on improving access to legal knowledge for the disabled, written by Nguyen Quoc Phong, who is visually impaired, was among the 25 projects awarded yesterday at the Viet Nam Innovation Day 2009 in Ha Noi. A proposal awarded at the Viet Nam Innovation Day 2009. (Photo: VNN)The two-day event, which ended [...]

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Judo champ teaches blind to fight back

March 21, 2009
Judo champ teaches blind to fight back

Award-winning judoka Tran Mai Thuy Hong has been named a ‘youth with outstanding achievements’ by HCM City authorities for teaching martial arts to the blind. Hong tells why she chose this challenging path and reveals her future plans. LookAtVietnam – Award-winning judoka Tran Mai Thuy Hong has been named a ‘youth with outstanding achievements’ by [...]

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Pottery burnt like this!

March 18, 2009
Pottery burnt like this!

Elisabeth Persson and blind students in the pottery class.LookAtVietnam – Thanh showed me two terra-cotta statues named “Self-portrait”. It is strange that the two statues look exactly like the face of the boy who created them – a boy who has never seen his face nor will ever see his statues. I met this “sculptor” at [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...