(VOVworld) – Vietnam signed the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in 2008 and is expected to ratify it in 2014 as well as complete legal regulations and policies to improve the rights of its disabled citizens. This was stated in Vietnam’s national report on the implementation of human rights under the UN Human Rights Council’s supervisory mechanisms.

Within Vietnam’s roadmap for the Convention ratification, the country issued the Law on the Disabled in 2010 and formulated legal documents for its implementation. As part of the government’s efforts to improve the living conditions of people with disabilities, the Prime Minister has approved a project to support the disabled in the period 2012-2020. The project will also affirm Vietnam’s commitment to following the Asia Pacific region’s 7 prioritized fields regarding the people with disability.