The information was released at a gala held in Ho Chi Minh City on December 15. Politburo member and Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee was in attendance at the event.

The ‘Hearts for you’ programme has raised about VND152 billion donated by many individuals, organisations and enterprises in the country and overseas.

Launched in 2008 by Vietnam Television and Vietnam Military Telecommunications Group Viettel, the ‘Hearts for you’ programme has raised about VND152 billion donated by many individuals, organisations and enterprises in the country and overseas.

With the achieved results, this programme has brought a normal life to poverty-stricken children suffering from heart diseases, as well as great happiness to their families.

In addition, over 130,000 children suffering from heart disease nationwide were provided with free checks-up and treatment.

Experts say that early detection of congenital heart defects along with the correct treatment can help children with heart disease to increase their survival rate and to grow normally like their peers.

Vietnamese doctors introduce robotic surgery overseas

Doctors from Binh Dan Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City have recently visited the Philippines to perform robot-assisted sleeve gastrectomy operations, showcasing the technique to their local peers.

US doctor provides free surgery for Vietnamese children

Doctor McKay McKinnon, a US expert in reconstructive, orthopaedic and maxilla-facial surgery, has returned to Vietnam to offer free surgery for Vietnamese children suffering from serious diseases such as neuroblastoma, brain hemangioma, vascular and eye malformations.

Bac Giang Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital successfully performs surgery on 169 cases of congenital heart defects

(BGO) - Open and closed heart operation techniques were successfully transferred to the Bac Giang Obstetrics and Paediatrics Hospital in April 2015.  Over the past over 4 years, the hospital’s doctors have successfully performed surgery on 169 children diagnosed with ventricular septal defect, atrial septal defect and patent ductus arteriosus.

RoK doctors offer free cleft palate surgery for Vietnamese children

Surgeons from the Republic of Korea (RoK) and the Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy have recently provided free surgery for 30 children with cleft palates in the central and Central Highlands regions.

3,200 children provided free congenital heart defect screening under “Heart for Kids” program

(BGO)- Bac Giang Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital, Vietnam National Hospital of Pediatrics, the Vietnam Heart Fund of the Vietnam Television and the Military Industry - Telecommunications Group (Viettel) jointly held the voluntary program themed “Heart for Kids”, a free congenital heart defect screening programme for children under 16.

Source: NDO