Vietjet and Flying Eye Hospital bring light to millions of eyes

(Vietjet, Thua Thien Hue, August 21, 2019) – In the 17th year of supporting Vietnam’s eye care services and the 10th Flying Eye Hospital (FEH) program in Vietnam, Orbis accompanies with the new-age carrier Vietjet to bring bright eyes to Vietnamese people.

The opening ceremony of FEH and the MoU signing about blindness prevention between Vietjet and Orbis took place in the morning of August 21 at Thua Thien Hue Province with the witnesses of leaders of ministries, central and provincial departments, hospitals and industries.

At the 2nd time at Hue Ancient City, FEH has an assist from Vietjet’s volunteers. Pilots, cabin crews and staff of Vietjet will support patients wholeheartedly since their screening sessions, carefully guide them to the surgeries in the modern aircraft equipped with up-to-date equipment and take care of them in the post-surgery stage. All of these is to help disadvantage patients to be able to see the light as soon as possible.

The Flying Eye Hospital has a wingspan of 50 metres, a height of 17.8 metres and a length of 55.3 metres, reaching the size of a Boeing 777 aircraft while the weight is heavier due to added-in machines. The cabin area is 610 square meters and designed to be a small hospital. From the operating room, 3D eye surgeries are live to all training room in the world.

FEH has been travelling around the world to exchange information and to help disadvantaged situations. The flying hospital has come to Vietnam 10 times and landed at 6 cities and provinces, including: Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Da Nang, Binh Dinh, Can Tho and Thua Thien Hue.

With the objective of supporting more than 2 million people in the next 3 years, Vietjet has signed the long-term MOU named “Bright eyes for Vietnamese” with Orbis. The USD 1 million project starts by building retinal centers for premature birth at Dak Lak and Thanh Hoa provinces. Besides, Vietjet has accompanied with Orbis to promote education programs, events and communications in order to enhance knowledge of prevention of eye issues nationwide.

In this long-term project, Vietjet and Orbis expect to double the results in the past of Orbis in Vietnam, pioneering for corporate social activities in general and for blindness prevention in specific.

Besides making the dreams of flying come true for millions of customers, Vietjet also significantly care about the society and disadvantaged situations, bringing new and better values to everyone. Previously, Vietjet has 10 years of accompanying with Community Disaster Prevention Fund, “Light up the dreams” for children at the Northern provinces, visit SOS children villages often, etc. so as to bring meaningful and humanistic contributions.