FREE OCULAR SURGERY PERFORMED FOR HUNDREDS OF PATIENTS IN CAN THO, LONG XUYEN

Cataract is a cause leading to 66% of blind cases in Vietnam. At present, there are over 300,000 patients who need substituting their corneas and only 1,000 people donating their corneas to the Eye Bank. Cataract surgery and treatment is still largely demanded, especially those in rural, isolated and remote areas.

In face of this situation, for over the past period of time, Vietravel has supported VND 1,5 billion to HCMC Sponsoring Association for Poor Patients with a view to bringing light to over 1,800 poor blind patients nationwide. In 2013, Vietravel has sponsored for 200 ocular surgery cases in Khanh Hoa province in June 2013 and continued free ocular surgery for over 130 poor patients in Can tho and An Giang on this occasion.
Just awarded with “Vietnam’ Leading Travel Agency” award by the World Travel Awards, Vietravel regarded socially responsible activities as part of its business mission. Vietravel has participated in many socially significant activities for years such as organizing full-moon festival for children of the SOS children’s village, Tam Binh Children’s village (Ho Chi Minh City); constructing charitable house in Can Gio district (Ho Chi Minh City), supporting physiotherapy equipment to lonely elderly people, disabled people and those having merit to the nation in Binh Thuan province; supporting compatriots suffering from natural disasters in the Central Region; contributing to constructing Truong Bon Memorial site (Nghe An); presenting scholarships to new students in the academic years 2012, 2013. In activities of the travel industry, Vietravel has organized an environmental protection program titled as “Travel for a clean and green environment” encouraging people to protect the environment, use autolytic bags. In sports, Vietravel has been the main sponsor for national tennis championships from now to the year 2015, which has made contribution to the success of Vietnamese tennis at the Davis Cup 2013 recently. All of such activities show that Vietravel has been making its best efforts in business to make better contribution to the society. This is also a reason that Vietravel has always attracted the largest number of clients, regardless of difficulties of the economy. With the turnover of the first 9 months of the year 2013 equal to the total turnover of VND 2,500 billion of the year 2012, it is expected that Vietravel will reach the turnover amount of VND 3,000,000 billion at the end of the year 2013 and continue setting record of the leading tour operator for the fourth consecutive time in Vietnam.
Below are some images recorded at the ocular surgery program in Can Tho, Long Xuyen:

Vietravel’s Representative spoke at the eye bandage removal ceremony

Free ocular surgery performed for 130 patients on this occassion

Vietravel’s Representative and doctors removed eye bandages from patients

The ocular surgery program for the poor is a socially significant project which has been and will be continuously launched by Vietravel

(Source: Communication Department, Vietravel)