Trinh Foundation Australia works to assist the Vietnamese people to establish Speech Therapy as a profession in their country. We collaborate with our Vietnamese partners to create ...
You can volunteer for Trinh Foundation in a number of ways – and you don’t have to leave the country, if you don’t want to. We are always looking for volunteers, to travel to Vietnam ...
TFA works in partnership with a number of educational and clinical institutions throughout Vietnam to deliver on our mission of bringing speech therapy to Vietnam ...
September 26, 2021
Recently one of our TFA interpreters Nhat (Ngô Đức Nhật) helped the International Dysphagia Diet Standardisation Committee (IDDSI) with translating their framework version 2.0 into Vietnamese. The tr...
August 18, 2021
Since 2009 Trinh Foundation Australia (TFA) has responded to several requests to support Speech and Language Therapy education programs in Vietnam, beginning when the ENT Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City ...
July 9, 2021
Congratulations to fellow TFA board member Associate Professor Sally Hewat as this year’s recipient of the prestigious Elizabeth Usher Memorial Award from Speech Pathology Australia. As well as being ...
May 6, 2021
Lauril is pictured with Ms Hang and Ms Sa when they met in Vietnam in 2018 Thanks to TFA’s Beyond Borders program, a special project and collaborative team has evolved. Vietnamese Speech Therapist Ms ...
May 6, 2021
The above picture shows Kate Margetson and Dr. Cao Bích Thủy (Head of Rehabilitation Department, Da Nang University of Medical Technology and Pharmacy) with the TalkTablet AAC app, 2015 The ongoing co...
April 24, 2021
In 2017 The Trinh Foundation supported Mrs Xuan Thi Thanh Le to work with Professor Sharynne McLeod and Dr Ben Phạm to study Southern Vietnamese children’s speech acquisition. The research involved te...
April 24, 2021
TFA would like to acknowledge and congratulate all who have assisted us over the years. Our fantastic volunteers, as well as those who have provided vital financial assistance, have enabled us to cont...
February 28, 2021
TFA in collaboration with MCNV is seeking a number of motivated, professional people for the role of Part-time Interpreter/Translator. This role provides the opportunity to make a positive contributio...
January 26, 2021
Trinh Foundation Australia is excited to announce its 2021 Ambassador Program! In response to the constant interest from speech therapy students to support the speech therapy profession in Vietnam, TF...
January 26, 2021
TFA directors Marie Atherton and Sue Woodward joined our partners at Australian Volunteers International (AVI) to celebrate ‘Australian Volunteers Day’ on December 5. The on-line celebration reflected...
November 29, 2020
Trinh Foundation Australia is a partner in a large US AID agency grant to develop and establish Masters and Bachelor speech and language therapy degrees in Vietnam. COVID-19 means we have had to move ...
October 25, 2020
This year TFA, in partnership with Humanity and Inclusion, conducted an assessment of digital technologies used in Vietnam by people with communication disability. The aim of this project was to gain ...
October 25, 2020
In 2018 Trinh Foundation Australia, along with partner organisations Speech & Hearing Cambodia and University of Ghana obtained a Speech Pathology Australia Grant to develop Ethics Education resources...
October 25, 2020
The TFA Board of Directors has signed off our Prevention of Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Harassment Policy. TFA has zero tolerance of all forms of sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment (SEAH) by...
October 25, 2020
The Ministry of Health in Vietnam has announced a set of guidelines for speech and language therapy diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation for patients with stroke, traumatic brain injuries and cereb...
August 9, 2020
TFA thank Stephanie Wells for her work as MSALT program support person in HCMC then for also working on BSALT in Danang. We certainly appreciate her very generous commitment of time and effort as a vo...
April 20, 2020
The Da Nang University of Medical Technology and Pharmacy version of the TFA Clinical Placement Manual has been finalized, printed and gifted to Bachelor SALT students in Da Nang. Ms Sarah Day has bee...
April 20, 2020
TFA and DUMTP recently farewelled Australian Volunteer Ms Leah Paice from her role as the Clinical Coordinator of the Bachelor of SALT program in Da Nang. Leah and her partner Harvey volunteered in Da...
April 20, 2020
On 9 January 2020, a face-to-face workshop titled ‘Solving ethical problems in speech and language therapy’ was facilitated by Dr Ben Pham and AVID volunteer Ms Ratna Pilai in Hanoi, Vietnam. Dr Ben i...
December 31, 2019
TFA congratulation Dr Giang Pham and her research team on the publishing of their research and their commitment to extending the SALT research program in Vietnam. Their recently published research art...
December 31, 2019
Congratulations also to Dr Ben Pham, TFA Director Dr Sarah Verdon and Professor Sharynne McLeod who were wonderful ambassadors for the development of Speech and Language Therapy in Vietnam when they p...
December 31, 2019
Recently Da Nang University of Medical Technology and Pharmacy (DUMTP) was privileged to receive funding from the Direct Aid Program (DAP) supported by the Australian Consulate-General in Ho Chi Minh ...
October 12, 2019
Kylie Gough is a long-time TFA supporter and volunteer. Most recently she has been involved in the TFA online mentoring program for two years now, acting as a mentor to Vietnamese speech therapists lo...
October 12, 2019
Trinh Foundation Australia (TFA) are very fortunate to be continuing their close collaboration with volunteers of the Australian Volunteers Program in Vietnam. Jemma Thompson is a current Australian v...
August 18, 2019
In June, Australian Volunteer Leah Paice delivered two training workshops for nursing staff at Da Nang C Hospital, focusing on Dysphagia Management for patients with swallowing disorders. Leah has bee...
August 18, 2019
Carla Mira reflects on her past and current volunteering experiences with TFA. “I still remember my first volunteering role with Trinh like it was last week. But in fact, it was nearly 6 years ago. Th...
August 18, 2019
In June, a 4-day Interpreter Training Course was conducted in Da Nang. This course, was funded by Trinh Foundation Australia (TFA) and scholarships were provided for some of the participants to attend...
August 18, 2019
Trinh Foundation Australia again joined forces with Speech Therapy in Cambodia at the recent joint conference for Speech Pathology Australia and New Zealand Speech-language Therapists Association, hel...
August 18, 2019
Earlier this year in April, and more recently in June, students from the University of Newcastle Speech Pathology program completed clinical placements at local special education schools – Kianh Found...
August 18, 2019
Ms Sarah Day (SP Advisor – Australian Volunteer, DUMTP) reports on a visit they recently had to Danang University of Medical Technology and Pharmacy (DUMTP) “It was an absolute pleasure to welcome Ms ...
June 9, 2019
Thanks to A/Prof Alison Winkworth who has kindly donated 4 text books and explains how this come about. “Recently I collaborated with Sarah Day, Dr Thuy and Leah Paice to create an outline and some le...
May 12, 2019
(Photograph used with permission of Humanity and Inclusion – please also see their original Facebook post) Stephanie Wells has been volunteering for Humanity and Inclusion in Hanoi and reports: “The o...
May 12, 2019
TFA volunteer Jessica De Bolfo reports on her progress in Danang: “The Danang Women’s and Children’s Hospital has been very busy over the last couple of months. The clinicians have been learning about...
May 12, 2019
TFA were pleased to support Dr Le Van Cuong to attend Langmore Foundation FEES (Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing) Course at Tata Memorial Centre Mumbai India. He is pictured with Mr P.K....
May 12, 2019
AVI Volunteer Sarah Day and her family recently hosted a birthday celebration for TFA with team in Da Nang. Director Lindy McAllister was also able to attend and cut the cake as she has been working w...
May 12, 2019
Leila Ball who has been volunteering for Humanity and Inclusion in Hue recently attended a workshop there. Presentations were made by Dr Sue Ann Lee, SLP from KOICA/Texas University on using ultrasoun...
May 12, 2019
In early October last year, the University of Newcastle sent their third round of community engagement students to Vietnam. The students spent most of their time in Hoi An, working at the Kianh Founda...
May 12, 2019
TFA would like to welcome Leah Paice, the new AVI volunteer recently arrived in Da Nang and her partner Harvey. Leah is working with Sarah Day and we will keep you posted on what is happening in Danan...
May 12, 2019
TFA would like to welcome Jessica De Bolfo who is presently volunteering for 3 months in Da Nang. Jessica reports on beginning her assignment. “I have just finished my first full week at the Da Nang W...
February 17, 2019
Since late June 2018 Leila Ball has been volunteering for Humanity and Inclusion (HI) in Hue. Her placement was made possible by TFA’s partnership with Humanity and Inclusion Leila initially worked in...
February 17, 2019
TFA recently supported the Rehabilitation Department from Da Nang University of Medicine, Technology and Pharmacy to complete an application for funding under the Australian Consulate-General’s Direct...
February 17, 2019
Since August Ms Na (Truong Thi Thuy Hang) from Office of Genetic Counseling and Disabled Children (OGCDC), Hue University of Medicine & Pharmacy has also been an interpreter for HI (Humanity and Inclu...
February 17, 2019
TFA would like to congratulate Dr Ben Phạm who recently graduated with her PhD from Charles Sturt University. She received her PhD for her thesis titled ‘Children’s acquisition of consonants, semivowe...
January 27, 2019
Sarah Day had the opportunity to engage with Vietnamese media during the afternoon of International Volunteer Day at the Australian Embassy in Ha Noi. She was chosen, along with two of her Australian ...
January 27, 2019
Did you know that Trinh Foundation Australia is an Australian Partner Organisation with the Australian Volunteer Program, under the Australian Aid Program (Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade)? TF...
January 2, 2019
The Australian Consulate-General Vietnam (HCMC) recently organised a tour of Vietnam for the Australian-ASEAN Council Board. The Consulate-General requested that Ms Sarah Day (SP Advisor – Australian ...
January 2, 2019
“The first of its kind” was how many participants of the inaugural Women’s in Leadership Conference described what was happening in a conference room in HCMC in mid-October. The Australian Consulate-G...
December 17, 2018
Volunteer Laurel Sachet conducted a workshop on dysphagia and reports… “Many thanks to Trinh Foundation and Dr Thao for coordinating workshop on dysphagia. I appreciated all the discussion surrounding...
November 27, 2018
Ms Hang Tran reports on meeting Lauril after working together over 4 months during their monthly mentoring sessions: “After having to look at each other via Skype from half a world away it was very ...
November 27, 2018
Lauril Sachet reports on her volunteering experiences in Vietnam… “It’s hard to believe that a month ago I was madly dashing around Albuquerque, New Mexico preparing to leave for Vietnam. Packing up t...
November 27, 2018
Humanity and Inclusion (HI) have prepared a short video that briefly presents their project’s core achievements regarding the development of Speech and Language Therapy services and the on-going use o...
November 18, 2018
“I recently had the opportunity to work with and be mentored in person by the amazing woman and professional Professor Lindy McAllister. I still recall when I initially applied to the Australian Volun...
November 18, 2018
“Six months in HCMC has come very quickly to an end. During my time here I have met many wonderful people and experienced life in a truly amazing part of the world. Professionally I’ve been both chall...
November 18, 2018
The SALT team at Da Nang University of Medical Technology and Pharmacy were keen to support SPA week in 2018. The team arranged a number of activities that were aimed at creating awareness about SALT ...
September 16, 2018
The Australian Ambassador to Vietnam, Mr Craig Chittick and the Australian Consul-General Ho Chi Minh City, Ms Karen Lanyon hosted an Australian Alumni event in Da Nang recently. Australian Volunteer,...
September 16, 2018
Amos Tsang (4th Year Speech Pathology student at University of Newcastle) reports on a recent visit to Vietnam on behalf of his colleagues (Joanne Henderson-Klabe, Darcy Rice-O’Connor, Madonna Mullins...
September 16, 2018
Living and working in Ho Chi Minh City means no two days are ever the same. I had little idea of what to expect when I boarded my flight in Brisbane back in April but have been overwhelmed by a sense ...
September 16, 2018
This year Trinh Foundation was well represented at the Speech Pathology Australia (SPA) Conference. We hosted an information stall and papers were presented by directors and post graduate students. We...
July 19, 2018
“Hello, I am Tran Phi Hung and I work at City Children’s Hospital. On average per day, I work with three children with feeding and swallowing difficulties and children with behavioural feeding disorde...
July 19, 2018
With the pilot Bachelor of Rehabilitation (Speech Pathology) due to open in just a few months (September 2018) at Da Nang University of Medical Technology and Pharmacy, the planning for student clinic...
July 19, 2018
Recently approximately 35 health professionals, including Neonatologists, NICU nurses, physiotherapists and non-TFA trained speech therapists from a range of Da Nang General and Children’s hospitals a...
July 19, 2018
TFA would like to congratulate Mr Hung Phi Tran and Dr Tam Thanh Thi Phan on being awarded a $200AUD CPD scholarship to attend a 3-day paediatric feeding workshop at the Da Nang University of Medical ...
July 19, 2018
A further 8 new TFA interpreters and three staff of MCNV and University of Medical Technology Hai Duong have recently completed the Interpreter Short Course in Hanoi. Congratulations and welcome to th...
July 19, 2018
Both the Kianh Foundation and Hearing and Beyond School are small organisations located near Hoi An, in the centre of Vietnam. The Kianh Foundation was founded by Jackie Wrafter, and in 2008 they bega...
June 11, 2018
In 2017 the Vietnam Paediatric Special Interest Group was launched, the first of its kind in Vietnam. The group decided to work on a project together to create language development tip sheets for pare...
April 23, 2018
TFA welcomes back Ms Sarah Day, Australian Volunteer with the Australian Aid program funded by the Australian Government. Her assignment is at the Da Nang University of Medical Technology and Pharmacy...
April 23, 2018
It’s going to be a big couple of years for TFA in Vietnam, and with the increased workload in-country comes the increased need for well-trained interpreters. These interpreters will be needed to suppo...
April 23, 2018
The Speech Therapy team at Danang University of Medical Technology and Pharmacy, celebrated Trinh Foundation’s 10th birthday. The speech therapy team is headed by Dr Thuy Cao, who is also the Director...
April 23, 2018
We celebrated our 10th Birthday on 27 March 2018 and want to congratulate and thank all involved… did you know that until 2010 there were no comprehensive or fulltime training courses for speech thera...
February 25, 2018
Volunteer Bianca Jackson reports on her time providing workshops and CPD in Hanoi: “In October 2017 I was warmly welcomed to the Hanoi Rehabilitation Hospital. The hospital staff showed their commitm...
January 28, 2018
Volunteer Tori Frost describes her volunteering experience providing mentoring and a workshop. “My recent volunteer work through TFA was my first time in Vietnam, and I had a great experience. At Dong...
January 28, 2018
As part of our five year partnership with MCNV (Medical Committee Netherlands – Vietnam) a 3 month research project into the needs for SALT education in Vietnam has been completed. The needs assessmen...
January 28, 2018
Energetic and passionate discussions at a workshop in HCMC on ‘Development of a training framework for a speech and language therapy course at Master’s degree level in Vietnam’, 13 – 15 December 2017....
October 29, 2017
The 10th Biannual Asia Pacific Conference of Speech, Language and Hearing 2017 was held in September at the Narita International University of Health and Welfare, Japan. A number of TFA and Vietnamese...
October 29, 2017
Australian Volunteer for International Development (AVID), Sarah Day, has recently completed a short tour of the speech therapy clinics in Central Vietnam, including the seaside city of Da Nang and th...
October 29, 2017
Speech therapists Ms Tran Thi Anh Thu and Mr Nguyen Quang Binh continue to carry on with the successful implementation of the stroke rehabilitation group at An Binh Hospital in District 5, Ho Chi Minh...
October 29, 2017
Hanoi speech therapy graduates were the first in the country to participate in the joint TFA-UPNT workshop focused on the development of clinical education skills. The workshop aimed to encourage spee...
October 29, 2017
Sarah Day, AVID volunteer and Speech Pathology Clinical Educator with University of Medicine Pham Ngoc Thach (HCMC), met with speech therapy graduates across Vietnam in their workplaces to provide men...
October 29, 2017
Dr Chau, Director of Rehabilitation at the Dong Nai General Hospital (DNGH), recently requested support from TFA to support with the development of Speech Pathology services within their rehabilitatio...
July 6, 2017
Sarah Day also supervised the students at Small Steps Special School and reported they “have shown a great desire to learn and improve their direct clinical skills as well as their clinical reasoning ...
July 6, 2017
Volunteer Sue Hombsch reflected on her recent volunteering experience that she felt privileged to supervise the students as they were so keen to learn as much as they could before graduation. She also...
July 6, 2017
Katie Werner spent 6 weeks as a volunteer supervisor at Children’s Hospital No 2 and found it an enriching experience working with the students and she commended them on their “dedication and passion ...
July 6, 2017
On 4 May, UPNT celebrated the incredible work of Speech Therapists across Vietnam, by hosting a scientific conference for local graduates to present about their research projects or resource developme...
June 25, 2017
Friends and colleagues Tracy Mee and Ruth Turner also volunteered at Children’s Hospital No 2. Following on from mentoring in Hue, Tracy assisted the other Clinical Educators and run some workshops fo...
June 25, 2017
Lynn Tan was a volunteer clinical education supervisor at Children Hospital No 2 for six weeks and found it a really rewarding experience helping strengthen the student’s clinical skills in her time i...
June 25, 2017
Patrick Jones also volunteered at Small Steps Special School. He was working outside his comfort zone (as Patrick is more experienced working with adults) but also found it to be a rewarding experienc...
June 25, 2017
It was wonderful to welcome back volunteer Alison Board as a supervisor at Small Steps Special School. She found the students keen and committed but also said it was wonderful to see how far the speec...
June 25, 2017
Volunteer clinical educators Chloe Justins and Jaime Offord recently volunteered at Children’s Hospital No 1 and they conveyed that it was such a positive experience for them both. They found the stud...
June 25, 2017
Volunteer Tracy Mee provided clinical mentoring to Ms Na and Ms Van Anh in Hue she reported. “This experience was very enjoyable and mutually beneficial as we worked on enhancing the clinical skills o...
April 23, 2017
The Australian government funded Australian Volunteers for International Development (AVID) program initially through Australian Volunteers International and more recently Scope Global has placed six ...
April 23, 2017
UPNT staff celebrated Trinh Foundation’s 9th Birthday on 27 March with a cake and recognition to all involved growing this novice profession in Vietnam. Thanks to all of our volunteer’s supporters and...
April 23, 2017
We then welcomed Ms Judy Griffiths from Canberra who taught Autism Spectrum Disorders with Mr Hoàng Văn Quyên from Children’s Hospital No 1 in HCMC. Judy reported “The students enjoyed participating...
April 23, 2017
Cleft Lip and Palate was the next subject taught to our paediatric students by Ms Janella Christie, a former long term AVI volunteer and clinical coordinator at UPNT Ms Đỗ Thị Bích Thuận from Chil...
April 2, 2017
Our students then learnt about Alternative and Augmentative Communication with volunteer Libby Brownlie, a former long term AVI volunteer and program coordinator at UPNT. Libby tells us what took plac...
April 2, 2017
Following on from learning about Speech Sound Disorders the Paediatric students then leant about Language Disorders with Associate Professor Diane Jacobs from Australian Catholic University in Melbour...
March 26, 2017
I am a Speech Therapist from the UK with a background in working with adults with neurological conditions. Having previously volunteered in Bangladesh in 2014 at the Bangladesh Health Professionals In...
February 19, 2017
This year began with Ms Phạm Thị Bền and Ms Lê Thị Thanh Xuân teaching our current paediatric students about Speech Sound Disorders and providing CPD on the Development of Vietnamese Speech Assessment...
November 13, 2016
Developing new skills and growing confidence to work with Vietnamese people with hearing loss. Speech therapy graduates and students in Vietnam were excited to work with Dr Alison Purcell recently, wh...
October 24, 2016
Ms Rose Beeching conducts Dysphagia workshops in Hanoi in October. Rose commented “It was a new and great experience for me to deliver these workshops… I would very much like to be involved in more tr...
August 21, 2016
TFA recently invited the members of Speech therapy club to apply for a Service Development Grant which the board agreed to make available to assist Vietnamese speech therapists to develop speech thera...
May 1, 2016
Australian Consul General to HCMC, Ms Karen Lanyon visited the University of Pham Ngoc Thach (UPNT). She viewed and discussed the work of TFA, in collaboration with University of Newcastle, to develop...
March 28, 2016
The 27th of March marked our 8th birthday. We’ve come along way – read the history so far. Plus we’ve got a lot more planned to do in 2016 and beyond. thanks to all our volunteers who have helped us ...
March 5, 2016
Our recent Volunteers Day in Melbourne brought together many of our volunteer Speech Pathologists who have spent time in Vietnam. Big thanks to everyone who attended. Margaret Pogos, who was a supervi...
December 13, 2015
Laura shares her first impressions from Danang at the start of a 3 month speech pathology assignment across Vietnam: They say wherever you go, go with all your heart. But just in case you forget your ...
November 8, 2015
TFA Directors have just returned from a visit to Viet Nam, where there are more exciting developments underway to grow the Speech Therapy services! Here is some news: University of Pham Ngoc Thach (UP...
November 8, 2015
On the 20th of August I gave up speaking for 24 hours to raise money for the Trinh Foundation Australia. I chose to do this not only to raise funds for a worthy cause, but also to raise awareness of w...
September 18, 2015
Sarah is giving up her voice for 24 hours on the 20th of September to raise money for Trinh Foundation Australia. TFA’s aim is to provide speech therapy to those without a voice. Our Linchpin supporte...
August 26, 2015
August 18th saw Charlotte, Jolie, Sara, Chris, Susan, Jacqui, Nicole and Sarah – admin support staff in the Work Integrated Learning (WIL) portfolio in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University...
August 23, 2015
The therapists at the Da Nang University of Medical Technology and Pharmacy have been busy with lots of training in the last few months. The speech therapists have attended courses run in HCMC by the ...
July 18, 2015
If you would like to support graduate learning in Vietnam from the comfort of your lounge room – we’ve now got an option. For the past two weeks, Libby Bronwlie has provided mentoring on AAC to our gr...
July 5, 2015
National Tour of Vietnam in Paediatric Dysphagia to provide continuing professional development. TFA are looking for an experienced speech pathologist to deliver workshops and clinical mentoring in pa...
June 14, 2015
Congratulations Dr Oanh, for being the first Hanen-certified Vietnamese Speech Therapy graduate. In March, Dr Oanh completed the training course on Hanen More than Words and TalkAbility in Singapore. ...
June 3, 2015
Beautiful music for a good cause. Come and join us at The Music Room, Killara on July 12 for a program of glorious music across the ages from the Baroque to the Romantic. Judy and Nicole will lift th...
May 26, 2015
Thanks to Speech Pathology Australia for their support. The big cheque (presented at the SPA conference) representing the $25,000 grant has allowed us to run our Interpreter Training Program and other...
May 19, 2015
Here we are in Canberra. We’ve been at the Speech Pathology Australia National Conference this week. There is still time to come and visit our stand to say hello, learn more about our work, volunteer,...
March 28, 2015
We are so proud to announce the successful completion of the Interpreter Training Short Course for Healthcare (Speech Therapy), the first of its kind in Vietnam! Congratulations Ms Hân and Ms Simone i...
February 12, 2015
During January and February Dominique Weston dedicated her time working with our Speech Therapy graduates throughout Vietnam on her National Tour of clinical mentoring. For over a month, she supported...
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