IT helps the blind get better lifeMore than 3,500 out of over 1 million blind people in Vietnam have used computer proficiently for the work and daily life, President of the Vietnam Blind Association Pham Viet Thu noted at a conference on solutions to information technology (IT) development for the blind in Hanoi on March 13. IT helps the blind get better life. Yutori Sadamoto from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in Vietnam stressed that IT plays an important role in the life of the blind. An IT Training programme for the blind has been launched from March 2017 to August 2019 in the Training and Rehabilitation Centre for Blind under the Vietnam Blind Association and the Centre for Blind Children Education and Career Guidance under the Blind Association of the central Thua Thien-Hue province. After the conference, an information technology training course with two classes will be open at the Training and Rehabilitation Centre for Blind on March 15.-VNA