The programme “Connecting the Hearts” was held in New York on April 4to raise fund and call for assistance to children with heart disease inVietnam .
At the event, Ambassador Le Hoai Trung,Head of the Vietnamese permanent delegation to the UN, said there aremore than 10,000 children born with congenital heart defects each yearin the homeland.
At present, doctors have performed operation on only 6,000 of the waiting list of 16,000 children with heart diseases.
He called on humanitarian organisations and US friends, organisationsand individuals to provide expertise and financial assistance to thecharitable organisation called “Understanding the Hearts” to helpVietnamese children suffering from heart disease.
Forhis part, Actor Pham Gia Chi Bao said the organisation is implementingeffectively five projects, on heart surgery for poor children, buildinggift houses, financing poor students’ study and a scholarship programme.
He said a similar programme was held by the organisation “Understanding the Hearts” in Washington on April 2.
Meanwhile, Director of the Southern Diaspora Research and DevelopmentCentre Esmeralda V.Brown said that her center will come to Vietnam tohelp with treating children with heart disease.-VNA
At the event, Ambassador Le Hoai Trung,Head of the Vietnamese permanent delegation to the UN, said there aremore than 10,000 children born with congenital heart defects each yearin the homeland.
At present, doctors have performed operation on only 6,000 of the waiting list of 16,000 children with heart diseases.
He called on humanitarian organisations and US friends, organisationsand individuals to provide expertise and financial assistance to thecharitable organisation called “Understanding the Hearts” to helpVietnamese children suffering from heart disease.
Forhis part, Actor Pham Gia Chi Bao said the organisation is implementingeffectively five projects, on heart surgery for poor children, buildinggift houses, financing poor students’ study and a scholarship programme.
He said a similar programme was held by the organisation “Understanding the Hearts” in Washington on April 2.
Meanwhile, Director of the Southern Diaspora Research and DevelopmentCentre Esmeralda V.Brown said that her center will come to Vietnam tohelp with treating children with heart disease.-VNA
