The foundation for our first project in Vietnam was laid in 2006. After the first years of basic groundwork, we began cooperating with the aid organization OSCA in the north of Vietnam, particularly the Hanoi-based surgeon Dr. Ai. His skills particularly benefit the rural population in the mountain areas of the North on the border with Laos and China. Many ethnic minorities live here.
Thanks to a cooperation with the Noordhoff Craniofacial Foundation (NCF) from Taiwan, we were able to further expand our aid in Vietnam ten years later: In 2016, a location was added in Ho Chi Minh City in southern Vietnam. After the first successful years of cooperation, we started a second joint project, our second project in Hanoi, in summer 2019.
The partnership with NCF is guided by the fundamental agreement that a comprehensive and, above all, long-term treatment concept is needed for the best therapy success. Under the leadership of Dr. Samuel Noordhoff, the founder of NCF, the Chang Gung Craniofacial Center in Taiwan has become the world’s leading treatment center. Our teams in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi have this great expertise at their disposal for further specialist training.