On 18 April 2014, Ms. PanpimonSuwannapongse, Thai Consul-General in Ho Chi Minh City, attended the opening ceremony of the “Bring Back Eyesight for Poor Blind People” at General Hospital of Tay Ninh Province. The event is part of the Ho Chi Minh City Sponsoring  Association for Poor People’s Cataract Surgery for Poor People programme for which the Royal Thai Consulate-General has continuously provided financial support.

In 2014, the Royal Thai Consulate – General, together with the Thai Community including Thai business people in Southern Vietnam donated a fund worth VND 340 million (about USD 16,129) to the Ho Chi Minh City Sponsoring Association for Poor Patients in order to support the above-mentioned programme.