Project Vietnam Foundation conducts regular medical missions to provide healthcare assistance to rural and underserved areas in Vietnam. The March 2009 mission included: - A surgery team performing 98 operations at a hospital in Ha Nam province for conditions like cleft lip/palate. - A primary care team providing medical, dental and optometric services to over 2,000 patients at rural clinics in Ha Nam province. - Training for local healthcare workers, including neonatal resuscitation training and conferences on pediatric surgery and neonatology.

1. PROJECT VIETNAM FOUNDATION Medical Mission March 2009

6. FIRST NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DISASTER MEDICINE

7. MOCK DISASTER WORKSHOP All the victims recovered thanks to good & prompt medical treatment!

9. TRAINING IN THE PROVINCES THAI NGUYEN, THANH HOA, HA NAM

10. CONFERENCES IN HANOI NATIONAL HOSPITAL OF PEDIATRICS National Surgery Conference Neonatal Update

11. RESUSCITATION TRAINING FOR NURSES NATIONAL HOSPITAL OF PEDIATRICS, HANOI

12. HA NAM GENERAL HOSPITAL, SITE OF THE SURGERIES

13. MANY FAMILIES TRAVELED FROM AFAR

14. 98 OPERATIONS IN THE COURSE OF ONE WEEK

15. Cleft lip/palate prevalent in rural Vietnam

16. 45 PATIENTS FOR PLASTIC SURGERY

17. TUONG BUI 3YO, FROM A SMALL VILLAGE IN HOA BINH PROVINCE, WEIGHS ONLY 18LBS & WAS A SURGICAL RISK

18. TUONG BUI RECOVERED WELL WITH GOOD CARE

19. AFTER SURGERY…

20. VARIOUS EYE PROBLEMS:PTOSIS STRABISMUS CATARACTS WERE CORRECTED WITH SUPPORT FROM SEE INT. & ALCON LAB

21. THE EYE TEAM W/ 2 SURGEONS DRS. PREPAS & SOLOMON

22. Strabismus is not corrected in rural Vietnam My eyes are not closed, I cannot lift my eyelids!

23. THE RECOVERY ROOM TEAM ALWAYS VIGILANT: 20 PATIENTS EVERY DAY

24. EN ROUTE TO A RURAL COMMUNE CLINIC

26. PRIMARY CARE TEAM WORKING IN COMMUNES & SCHOOLS OF HA NAM

27. WITH OVER 500 PATIENTS EVERYDAY CROWD CONTROL CAN BE A PROBLEM!

28. OUR PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS AT WORK…

29. VISION TESTING FOR CHILDREN AT COMMUNES & RURAL SCHOOLS

30. ORAL HEALTH A PRIORITY NEED FOR OUR TEAM AT COMMUNES & SCHOOLS

31. OUR ORAL HYGIENIST ARE BUSY BEES!

32. THE PHARMACY NOT ONLY DISPENSING MEDICINES BUT ALSO GIFTS OF ALL KINDS AND COMPASSION…

33. OUCH! ANEMIA TEST

34. SURGEONS & ANESTHESIOLOGISTS

35. OUR SURGICAL TEAM

36. OUR ENGINEERING TEAM, EFFICIENT & LOW-KEY

40. Volunteer visiting family at Duy Tien district

41. Kindergarten at Duy Tien

42. Elementary school at Dong Du