(VOV) – Helen Keller International (HKI) – in coordination with the Hanoi Department of Health (DoH) is implementing an eye care project for old people in Quoc Oai district from now to the end of 2015. Accordingly, it will offer eye exams for more than 10,000 old people and far-sighted glasses for around 4,500 of them. Private eyeglasses makers in Hanoi will also be trained within the project’s framework. The pilot project funded by Grand Challenges Canada is aimed at improving vision for people over 45 years old in Vietnam. (more…)