Latest Foreign Assistance Briefs

- More than 80 Vietnamese patients, mainly children with foot deformities and disabilities, will get free surgery. The operation will be performed by surgeons from the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society under an ongoing four-week humanitarian outreach project. The American surgeons will also offer check-ups for over 200 other patients at clinics in Hanoi, Vinh, Thai Nguyen, and Dien Bien. They have been working with the Orthopaedic Rehabilitation Institute, Viet Duc Hospital and local orthopaedic surgeons during the program, which will end on August 4. They will also share knowledge and new techniques on how to care for patients. (vov.vn July 28)

- DanOn Foods, in collaboration with the Saigon Times Foundation (STF) under the Saigon Times Group, recently granted long-term scholarships to 32 students. The students are from Pham Ngoc Thach Medical University, HCMC Medicine and Pharmacy University, Medical Personnel Training Center, University of Economics HCMC, HCMC University of Technology, Nong Lam University, HCMC Banking University, HCMC National University, HCMC Open University, Binh Duong University and Thu Dau Mot University. And the total value of scholarships which have been gifted to the students so far is VND494 million. (thesaigontimes.vn Jul 24)