For many reasons, businesses are afraid to recruit the disabled. However, the disabled at Minh Long I Co.Ltd. have enjoyed a preference. Ly Ngoc Dung, vice director of the company, said “Minh Long I is ready to recruit the disabled and offer favorable conditions for them to develop their work”.
Pham Van Tan, 24, has worked for the company’s decoration department for 5 years with an income of VND4mil per month. Meanwhile, Ho Thanh Huong, a newcomer of the company has enjoyed commendation from the company managers, owing to her intelligence and cleverness. Both Tan and Huong are deaf people.
Le Thi Phuong Phi, a staff of the company Personnel Department, said “the company has many stages of production, so the company leaders base on aptitude and hobby of the disabled to assign proper jobs for them. In addition, the company often assigns simple jobs for them”.
Meanwhile, tens of the disabled have enjoyed stable jobs at the provincial center for the disabled, thanks to an order from Korea International Apparel Company. Vu Thi Xuan in Di An town, shared “Getting the job is my wish. At present, I have enjoyed an income of about VND2.5mil per month. With the income, I can take care for myself”.
Vocational training – a sustainable mode for the disabled
Nguyen Ngoc Cam from the provincial sponsor Society for poor patient, orphans and disabled people, said “vocational training has been focused on. Over years, nearly 1,600 disabled people and orphans have enjoyed vocational training classes with the total expense of over VND1.2bil.
Dang Minh Thu, head of the provincial center for vocational training for the disabled, said the center has trained 7 trades for the disabled. In addition, the center involves in doing outwork for other companies to create more income for the center’s disabled people.
Reported by T.Thao – Translated by A.C
