Provincial Association for the Elderly has promoted the 2014 “Bright eyes for the elderly” campaign across its affiliates. As a result, there were 4,739 local elderly people suffering from eye diseases in accordance with the result of medical examination.
With expenditure under socialization, provincial Association for the Elderly joined hands with relevant agencies to provide eye examination for 2,216 elderly people. They also provided eye surgery for more than 900 elderly people and glasses for 278 others. It is knonw that the total expenditure of the program was estimated at more than VND2.3bln.
Provincial Association for the Elderly and its affiliates now continue promoting the 2014 “Bright eyes for the elderly” campaign.
Reported by To Tam-Translated by K.T












