Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh expressed her hope that the US organisation Operation Smile would continue providing plastic surgery for children with facial defects during a meeting with the organisation’s Chief Executive Officer William P.Magee in Ha Noi on 8 February.

Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh (right) receives Operation Smile Chief Executive Officer William P.Magee (Source: VNA)

On behalf of Vietnamese leaders and the Viet Nam Children's Patronage Fund Council, Thinh praised the contribution Operation Smile has made to changing the lives of hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese children, particularly those with cleft palates and lips.

The organisation has joined hands with Vietnamese partners, including the Viet Nam Children's Patronage Fund, the labour, invalids and social affairs sector at all levels, localities and hospitals nationwide to conduct numerous charity programmes and personnel training, among others.

Viet Nam will actively collaborate with and create optimal condition for the organisation to help more Vietnamese children with congenital defects, Thinh pledged.

For his part, Magee said as one of the first US NGOs to work in Viet Nam, Operation Smile was committed to providing free medical services for Vietnamese disadvantaged children.

He hopes for Viet Nam’s further support for its future programmes, thus helping more children.

(Source: VNA)