Hanoi to have new rehabilitation centre for disabled children

The centre, scheduled for completion in June 2018 at the cost of VND80 billion US$3.47 million), will accommodate a care facility for children with autism, a vocational training area, a health check-up and functional rehabilitation area, and a dining hall. 

Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen Trong Dam said the multi-functional centre will serve as a hospital, a school, a rehabilitation and vocational training facility. 

In the next five years, it is expected to become a model centre in the north. 

Established in July 27, 1976, the centre has offered care to the disabled, children living in need, the elderly, and ex-revolutionaries. 

It has treated more than 2,000 living with disabilities and offered health check-ups to over 10,000 people.