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Speech pathology is a new area in Viet Nam. We are the Vietnamese pioneering speech therapists and we are proud of it. References Atherton, M., Dung, N., & Nhan, V. (2013). The World Report on Disability in relation to the development of speech-language pathology in Viet Nam. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology , 15 (1), 42–47. Kane, T. (1999). Disability in Viet Nam in 1999 . A meta- analysis of data. Retrieved from http://pdf.usaid.gov/ pdf_docs/Pnacg781.pdf Mont, D. & Cuong, N. V. (2011). Disability and poverty in Viet Nam. World Bank Economic Review , 25 (2), 324–359. Speech Pathology Australia. (2001). Competency- based Occupational Standards for speech pathologists . Melbourne: Author. Speech Pathology Australia. (2011). Competency-based Occupational Standards (CBOS) for speech pathologists, revised . Melbourne: Author. United Nations Development Program. (2000). The Millennium Development Goals . Retrieved from http://www. undp.org World Health Organization. (2001). International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) . Geneva: WHO. Retrieved from http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/ country-profiles/pdf/704.pdf

Dr Lindy McAllister is a director of the Trinh Foundation Australia and is professor and Associate Dean of Work Integrated Learning, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney, Australia. Sue Woodward is a director of the Trinh Foundation Australia and is a speech pathologist in private practice in Gosford, NSW. Marie Atherton is a lecturer at the Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, and was an Australian Volunteers International volunteer and speech therapy course director at Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam. Professor Nguyen Thi Ngoc Dung is director of the ENT Hospital and Rector of Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam. Claude Potvin is the country manager – Viet Nam of Australian Volunteers International. Dr Huynh Bich Thao is a medical doctor and speech therapist in the Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Department of Cho Ray Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam. Le Thi Thanh Xuan is a speech therapist at the Hospital for Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam. Le Khanh Dien is the chief physiotherapist of the Physiotherapy Department, and head of Speech Therapy Unit at An Binh Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam. Correspondence to: Professor Lindy McAllister, PhD Professor and Associate Dean of Work Integrated Learning Faculty of Health Sciences The University of Sydney, NSW 2006 phone: +61 (0)2 93151 9026 email: lindy.mcallister@sydney.edu.au

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