By partnering with Da Nang Ophthalmology Hospital, Orbis hopes to strengthen Vietnam’s eye care system and promote sustainable development of ophthalmic services, ultimately helping to preserve the sight of thousands of people in central Vietnam and beyond.

The Orbis Flying Eye Hospital on May 30 began a training course for medical staff of the General Hospital and Eye Hospital of central Binh Dinh province.

Diabetes patients in HCM City and Mekong Delta provinces will be provided with free eye care under a project jointly funded by the international organisation Orbis and the World Diabetes Foundation.

Orbis, a US non-governmental organisation, will launch a project in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho and southernmost province of Ca Mau to offer care for visually-impaired children from 2016-2018.