Vietnam Archives

Keeping the Road to Success in Focus

The solution to helping students see clearly is simple: properly prescribed glasses. But as the Helen Keller team in Vietnam

A Prescription for Clearer Vision in Vietnam

Hoang Thi Lan is a 12-year-old girl whose family lives in a rural area of the Hai Hau District of Vietnam. When she was 18 months old, her right eye suddenly became swollen.

Planting the Seeds to End Chronic Malnutrition

You cross a divide traveling four hours outside of Hanoi, Vietnam, an urban metropolis with an airport more modern than those in New York City.

World Health Assembly Welcomes Resolution to Protect Infant and Child Nutrition

It’s been 35 years since the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes (the Code) was passed by the World

Magic Diplomacy

Howard Cohn is an American ophthalmologist with a specialty in glaucoma, and a strong interest in international ophthalmology and blindness

A Golden Opportunity for Helen Keller International

Helen Keller International set up the first modern cataract center outside Hanoi and HCMC in Nam Dinh in 1994; an easy 4 hour drive South from Hanoi, where electricity was relatively reliable and there were already skilled surgeons.

100 Stories for 100 Years

Helen Keller International recently celebrated its Centennial Anniversary. In addition to a host of exciting commemorative events taking place in Africa,