Representatives of patients in Vinh Phuc receive free artificial limb on the opening ceremony (Source: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - More than 500 people ꦆwithdisabilities in the northern provinces of Vinh Phಞuc and Phu Tho will have anopportunity to receive artificial limbs from the Jaipur Foot Artificial LimbFitment Camp, which is part of a Vietnam – India friendship cooperationprogramme.
The launch of the Jaipur Foot ArtificialLimb Fitment Camp on July 10 in Vinh Phuc saw the participation of officials ofVinh Phuc province, the Ambassador of India to Vietnam, and representatives ofSpark Minds, Jaipur Foot, and Ashok Minda, among others. Speaking at the ceremony, Indian Ambassadorto Vietnam Parvathaneni Harish said: “The loss of limbs during the many wars happened in Vietnam is a serioushumanitarian issue and the Government and people of India are happy to help whohave become disabled.” He also stressed during the visit of PrimeMinister Modi to Vietnam in 2016, leaders of the two countries decided toupgrade the relationship to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. The successfulvisit of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc for ASEAN-India Commemorative summitin India in January and President Tran Dai Quang’s State visit in March thisyear have given a fresh impetus to bilateral engagement. Chairman of the People’s Committee of VinhPhuc Nguyen Van Tri lauded the programme as meaningful cooperation between thetwo countries. Accordingly, technical personnel, equipment,materials and tools will be sent to Vietnam to deploy the work. Under this humanitarian project, participating disabled people will be providedwith artificial limbs free in July and August 2018.
An Indian doctor and a Vietnamese young patient at the event (Source: VNA)
The civilizational relationship between thetwo countries and strong people-to-people relations is over 2000 years old. Inrecent times, India stood by Vietnam during the period of national liberation,national reunification and national reconstruction. The project represents a strong symbol offriendship and people-to-people cooperation between the two countries and istaking place just after both countries celebrated the Year of Friendship in2017 to commemorate the 45th anniversary of diplomatic relations andthe 10th anniversary of strategic partnership.-VNA
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Representatives of patients in Vinh Phuc receive free artificial limb on the opening ceremony (Source: VNA) 
An Indian doctor and a Vietnamese young patient at the event (Source: VNA) 
