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Gifts presented to children with cleft lip, palate

Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen Thi Ha visited and presented gifts to children who are receiving treatment for cleft lip, cleft palate and odontogenic cysts on April 17.
Gifts presented to children with cleft lip, palate ảnh 1Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen Thi Ha visits and presents gift to a patient (Source: laodongxahoi.net)

Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social AffairsNguyen Thi Ha visited and presented gifts to children who are receivingtreatment for cleft lip, cleft palate and odontogenic cysts at the NationalHospital of Odonto – Stomatology in Hanoi on April 17.

Gifts worth 500,000 VND (22 USD) each weregranted to 58 children from Hanoi and the northern provinces of Phu Tho, BacKan, Lao Cai and Dien Bien, who received surgeries funded by Operation SmileVietnam – a nonprofit medical service organisation.

Some 2,000 babies are born with cleft lipand cleft palate every year in Vietnam.

Since 1994, the National Fund for VietnameseChildren (NFVC) has run Operation Smile to provide cleft lip and cleft palatesurgeries for children. To date, nearly 30,000 children have benefited from theprogramme.

The NFVC has also mobilised resources toprovide post-surgery assistance for children, thus helping them practicepronunciation and integrate into the community.-VNA
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