Chinese doctors from Tongren hospital in Beijing have successfully operated on nearly 100 cataract patients in northern Bac Giang province from November 14-16.
They also provided medicines, materials and equipment while Alcon Company in Vietnam supplied surgery equipment.
The eye operations were sponsored by the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO), the Vietnam-China Friendship Association and the Chinese People’s Diplomacy Friendship Association to mark the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two countries (January 18).
Speaking at the closing ceremony in Bac Giang on November 17, Deputy Head of VUFO Phung Ta Kho praised the traditional friendship between the two nations and the operations provided by the Chinese People’s Diplomacy Friendship Association. He expressed his gratitude to the doctors and hoped that the operations will continue in the following years to bring light to Vietnamese disadvantaged patients.