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Free treatment for poor heart disease patients The southern Ba Ria – Vung Tau Province’s Department of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs will provide 40 poor children suffering from heart disease with surgery each year. Le Thanh Dung, Deputy Chairman of the department, said that the province will pay the entire cost of the procedure for those who cannot afford it. The province will continue to seek funding from other sources to finance the programme. The Department of Health in southern B Ria – Vung Tu Province is conducting two cardiac surgery programmes for poor patients. Since early 2012, 90 patients have undergone surgery. Improving living standards for the blind A conference was held in Hanoi on March 7 to review the implementation of a five-year movement in support of blind people from 2007 to 2012. Under the movement, various activities were launched to help the blind improve their living conditions, enjoy equality and better integrate into the community. More than 1,000 houses were built and more than 400 were repaired for the blind at an estimated cost of VND30 billion. Thanks to vocational training, many blind people are now able to produce handicrafts, grow crops and breed livestock…

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