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Vietnam
>> Regional Overview >> Vietnam Overview ACTIVITY DATA SHEET
PROGRAM: Vietnam
TITLE AND NUMBER: Improved Access to Services for Selected Vulnerable Groups, 440-007
STATUS: Continuing
PLANNED FY 2001 OBLIGATION AND FUNDING SOURCE: $2,494,000 CSD
PROPOSED FY 2002 OBLIGATION AND FUNDING SOURCE: $1,500,000 CSD
INITIAL OBLIGATION: FY 1991 ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: FY 2002Summary: While accelerating economic liberalization and growth are key to Vietnam's future, it is important not to leave the disadvantaged behind. Under this objective, USAID helps improve opportunities for selected vulnerable groups to lead more productive lives. These groups include victims of the annual floods; victims of injuries from the war or the remaining landmines; orphans and displaced children; and people at high risk of contracting HIV/AIDS.
Under this objective, USAID utilizes resources from the Leahy War Victims Fund (LWVF), the Displaced Children and Orphans Fund (DCOF), the Asia and Near East regional HIV/AIDS program, and USAID's Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA). This objective is consistent with Mission Performance Plan goals to prevent or minimize the human costs of conflict and natural disasters in the region, and to enhance the health status of the Vietnamese people through programmatic and policy support.
Key Results: The barrier-free access initiative of the LWVF resulted in a Government of Vietnam mandate to alter ongoing construction of the new Hanoi international airport to incorporate barrier-free design standards. DCOF funding helped spur the recent policy shift from institutional to community-based care for disabled children. The regional HIV/AIDS program supported the initiation of a condom social marketing program. In response to annual floods, OFDA provided assistance to construct 1,400 flood-resistant homes.
U.S. private and voluntary organizations help improve opportunities to war victims and children at risk through several USAID grants funded by the LWVF and DCOF. With LWVF funds, numerous U.S. design experts traveled to Vietnam to assess and advise how to incorporate barrier-free physical access for persons with disabilities into traditional Vietnamese construction techniques. LWVF also were used to upgrade the Bach Mai Hospital in Hanoi to address the increasingly large gap in orthotic services, especially for children. This facility, located at Hanoi's leading teaching hospital, will provide direct services to thousands of children annually and will house a mobile orthotic unit capable of taking services directly to beneficiaries. In addition, LWVF funds were used to introduce a newly-designed prosthetic foot that is stronger and more durable than those currently used in Vietnam. This is significant because the foot piece currently is the weakest component in the limb system, lasting only 6-12 months, as opposed to a mean wear of three years for other components. LWVF-funded assistance will continue to strengthen local capabilities to provide services to the disabled including improved policies and local prosthetic production capabilities.
Performance and Prospects: In FY 2001, USAID plans to obligate $2.494 million in CSD (DCOF funds). Vietnam's DCOF-funded activities emphasize supporting children with disabilities. Over 295 children with hearing impairments have been identified through basic screening techniques, and over 250 teachers and government staff have been trained in how to mainstream these children into regular classrooms. Two key training manuals have been translated into Vietnamese and accepted by the Vietnamese government. The manuals are being used as core materials for courses in community-based rehabilitation. Two additional programs are underway: training trainers of elementary school teachers in inclusive education; and training non-formal education teachers in vocational rehabilitation for adolescents with disabilities. Future assistance will continue to emphasize mainstreaming of children with disabilities, leading to more productive lives.
USAID's regional HIV/AIDS program works closely with Vietnam's National AIDS Bureau to improve its capacity to implement AIDS prevention activities. The activity consists of ongoing support for condom social marketing. At the national level and in four provinces, the activity supports communication for behavior change, sexually-transmitted disease case management, policy-based interventions, and peer education among high-risk groups, especially commercial sex workers and injecting drug users. These activities are notified under the ANE Bureau's Regional HIV/AIDS and Infectious Diseases component of the "Stabilize Population Growth and Protect Human Health" objective (498-022).
As part of an accident prevention and treatment program, USAID will fund technical assistance to upgrade basic emergency medical service capabilities in one or more major urban areas; prepare a national safety plan; develop safety awareness materials and public service announcements; and support a national safety conference.
To mitigate the impacts of future floods, OFDA has supported the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/National Weather Service's development of a proposal and implementation plan for a flood forecasting and early warning system for the Red River, and technical assistance by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers in specialized construction techniques for flood control and mitigation. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers visited sites in north, central, and south Vietnam, and is preparing a report with recommendations for improved river and sea dike management and construction. In FY 2001, OFDA will work through the United Nations Development Program and a multilateral disaster mitigation group to help develop flood-warning systems along Vietnam's coast and in three central river basins.
Possible Adjustments to Plans: None.
Other Donor Programs: USAID is the lead donor in providing assistance to the disabled. The World Bank and the Asian Development Bank are the principal donors in the health sector, providing over $15 million for primary health care and nutrition, immunizations, family planning, and reproductive health care. The United Nations is a principal donor for humanitarian and food relief. Many bilateral donors are active in health and humanitarian assistance, particularly Japan, Australia, Germany, Netherlands, and Sweden.
Principal Contractors, Grantees, or Agencies: Vietnam Assistance to the Handicapped; Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation; Health Volunteers Overseas; World Vision Relief and Development; Catholic Relief Services; Pearl S. Buck International; Family Health International; International Federation of the Red Cross; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/National Weather Service; the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; United Nations Development Program; and the Population Council.
Selected Performance Measures:
Baseline (1991) Actual
(1998)Actual
(1999)Actual
(2000)Target
(2001)Orthopedic devices fitted/delivered 0 50,000 55,000 60,000 65,000 Children provided with critically needed services or protection 0 9,000 10,000 11,000 12,000 National Public Safety Plan developed No No No No Yes U.S. Financing
(In thousands of dollars)
Obligations Expenditures Unliquidated Through September 30, 1999 18,674 DA 17,104 DA 1,570 DA 3,406 CSD 1,669 CSD 1,737 CSD 1,184 ESF 1,184 ESF 0 ESF 0 SEED 0 SEED 0 SEED 0 FSA 0 FSA 0 FSA 0 DFA 0 DFA 0 DFA Fiscal Year 2000 0 DA 1,570 DA 425 CSD 1,737 CSD 0 ESF 0 ESF 0 SEED 0 SEED 0 FSA 0 FSA 0 DFA 0 DFA Through September 30, 2000 18,674 DA 18,674 DA 0 DA 3,831 CSD 3,406 CSD 425 CSD 1,184 ESF 1,184 ESF 0 ESF 0 SEED 0 SEED 0 SEED 0 FSA 0 FSA 0 FSA 0 DFA 0 DFA 0 DFA Prior Year Unobligated Funds 0 DA 1,278 CSD 0 ESF 0 SEED 0 FSA 0 DFA Planned Fiscal Year 2001 NOA 0 DA 2,494 CSD 0 ESF 0 SEED 0 FSA 0 DFA Total Planned Fiscal Year 2001 0 DA 3,772 CSD 0 ESF 0 SEED 0 FSA 0 DFA Future Obligations Est. Total Cost Proposed Fiscal Year 2002 NOA 0 DA 0 DA 18,674 DA 1,500 CSD 0 CSD 9,103 CSD 0 ESF 0 ESF 1,184 ESF 0 SEED 0 SEED 0 SEED 0 FSA 0 FSA 0 FSA 0 DFA 0 DFA 0 DFA
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Last Updated on: May 29, 2002 |
