Sixty five children with cleft lips, palates provided with free surgery

Vice State President Vo Thi Anh Xuan presents gifts to a child patient.

Annually, there are some 2,000 children are born with cleft lips and palates. The National Fund for Vietnamese Children started the program providing free surgery for the children in 1994. In 1997, the fund worked with Operation Smile Organization to launch the program and expanded the scope of the program to youths and adults to be provided with free surgery.

So far, more than 30,000 children with cleft lips, palates have been provided with free surgery. In 2022, the organizing board expects to give free surgery to 2,000 children in mountainous areas.

Gifts presented to other child patients under treatment in the hospital

With the support from international and national organizations, together with the participation of chapters of the National Fund for Vietnamese Children in 63 provinces and cities, many children with cleft lips, palates have received free surgery.

On this occasion, the vice state president also presented gifts, including VND 2 million in cash each, to 65 children in the provinces of Ha Giang, Ninh Binh, Hung Yen, and Vinh Phuc, and Hanoi city.

Translated by Song Anh