Hanoi (VNA), April 17 -- Over the past years, Vietnam has taken measures to assist persons with disabilities (PWDs) to access and use information technology , thus enabling them to integrate into the community to a greater extent.

There are more than 7 million PWDs in Vietnam, accounting for over 7% of the population aged 2 and over.

Amid the strong IT development, the Party and State have issued many policies as seen in the Law on PWDs and by-law documents to facilitate PWDs' IT access and use, thus narrowing the gap between PWDs and able-bodied persons.

Dang Van Thanh, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Federation of Associations for PWDs, said the development of science and technology has substantially supported PWDs to fully an...