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Vice President meets CEO of Operation Smile

Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan expressed her hope that the US organisation Operation Smile would continue its support in providing plastic surgery on children with cleft palates and lips, training personnel and transferring technology during a meeting with the organisation’s Chief Executive Officer William Magee in Hanoi on November 17.
Vice President Nguyen ThiDoan expressed her hope that the US organisation Operation Smile wouldcontinue its support in providing plastic surgery on children with cleftpalates and lips, training personnel and transferring technology duringa meeting with the organisation’s Chief Executive Officer William Mageein Hanoi on November 17.

Praising the non-governmentalorganisation (NGO) for its work in Vietnam over the past 25 years, Doansaid it had contributed to the Vietnam–US relations and helped nearly115,000 Vietnamese children with disabilities to lead normal lives. 

Magee said as the first NGO to work in Vietnam, Operation Smile wascommitted in the long term to providing free medical services. 

The organisation is working with the Ministry of Health to apply theGlobal Standard of Care in the country, and hopes for the government’ssupport in bringing more skilled voluntary surgeons to Vietnam, theguest said.-VNA

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