The opening ceremony of the World Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan was attended by Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako, Crown Prince Fumihito, and over 1,300 guests.

At the opening ceremony, students, including students with disabilities from schools in Osaka Prefecture, paraded with flags of participating countries and international organizations at EXPO 2025. Unique performances blending traditional Japanese arts like kabuki and taiko drums with contemporary art left a deep impression on the audience.

💕 Two "Vietnamese Dragon" products from Kymviet were honored to be selected to participate in the World Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan.

This is a great source of pride as these handicraft products, created by artisans with disabilities at Kymviet, are solemnly displayed in the Vietnam Pavilion – designed in the shape of the traditional conical hat, covering an area of 300m², full of cultural identity and future aspirations. The two dragon figures are not only symbols of wisdom and strength but also represent the resilience, creativity, and humanistic spirit of the Vietnamese people.

The Vietnam Pavilion serves as a focal point for convergence and dissemination of "proud stories about Vietnam" shared with international friends about a society built on good cultural values, centered around people, leveraging endogenous strength for sustainable development in an era of growth, aiming for harmony, equality, and leaving no one behind.

The World Expo is one of the three largest global events (along with the FIFA World Cup and the Olympic Games), attracting participation from most countries at the state level. The World Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai will take place from April 13 to October 13, 2025, on Yumeshima Island, Osaka, Japan, with the participation of 158 countries and international organizations. Under the theme "Designing Future Society for Our Lives," EXPO 2025 Osaka, Kansai aims to attract 28 million domestic and international visitors.

Mr. Pham Viet Hoai (founding member of Kym Viet Company) talks with garment factory staff about products.

Kym Viet was established in 2013 with the aim to create jobs for people with disabilities, thus contributing to improving their incomes and improving their lives while helping them to integrate into the community; and to create sophisticated handicraft products with high use value and aesthetic value to serve the society.

With the business orientation of living by the product foundation, meet the market demand on design, colour and quality, not rely on compassion, all materials produced at Kym Viet have a clear origin, and ensure health and safety.

Kym Viet has received and created jobs, accommodation for 22 people with disabilities with an average stable salary of more than 6 million VND/person/month.

The company always educates its staff to understand that: People with disabilities can make good products, only by that will they remove their barriers of inferiority and society's stereotypes

Most of the workers here have difficulties in communication, some people who are still slow in perceiving colours, skills and techniques are not as quick as normal people, so they get trained from 8 months to more than 1 year to participate in production.

Every needle and stitch is filled with efforts of each worker here.

Kym Viet's production facility space also features a cafe, where customers can not only view and choose to buy products, but can also come to learn how to communicate in sign language and better understand the positive messages of the disabled community.

Besides the high use and aesthetic value, Kym Viet wishes to convey to customers human stories and Vietnamese culture through its products

Currently, Kym Viet's fabric stuffed products have been selected as gifts on Vietnam Airlines flights or for those attending domestic and international cultural week events and handicraft fairs. Many partners or tourists directly came to the factory to learn and order products.

Mr. Pham Viet Hoai and the founders of Kym Viet hope that this model will be replicated in big cities and tourist destinations such as Da Nang, Nha Trang, Phu Quoc, etc. to create jobs for the disabled community, thereby helping them have a stable income, help their families, as well as reduce the burden on society.

According source : VOVworld