Doctor honoured for contributions to blindness prevention in Asia-Pacific

  • Doctor Nguyen Viet Giap at the awarding ceremony. Photo by courtesy/VNA
    Doctor Nguyen Viet Giap at the awarding ceremony. Photo by courtesy/VNA
  • Doctor Nguyen Viet Giap receives the 2023 Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO) Outstanding Service in Prevention of Blindness Award. Photo by courtesy/VNA
    Doctor Nguyen Viet Giap receives the 2023 Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO) Outstanding Service in Prevention of Blindness Award. Photo by courtesy/VNA
  • The 2023 Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO) Outstanding Service in Prevention of Blindness Award presented to Doctor Nguyen Viet Giap. Photo by courtesy/VNA
    The 2023 Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO) Outstanding Service in Prevention of Blindness Award presented to Doctor Nguyen Viet Giap. Photo by courtesy/VNA
  • Doctor Nguyen Viet Giap among others honoured at the 38th APAP Congress. Photo by courtesy/VNA
    Doctor Nguyen Viet Giap among others honoured at the 38th APAP Congress. Photo by courtesy/VNA
Doctor Nguyen Viet Giap, Director of Ba Ria-Vung Tau Eye Hospital, has been honoured with the 2023 Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO) Outstanding Service in Prevention of Blindness Award. The award, the noblest in the field of ophthalmology in the region, was presented to the doctor along with 17 others at the 38th APAP Congress in Malaysia on February 25. Giap is the sixth member of the Vietnam Ophthalmological Society (VOS) to have received the honour since the association was set up more than 60 years ago. VNA

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