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Viet Nam
In 2020 in Viet Nam, there were an estimated 14 million people with vision loss. Of these, 520,000 people were blind.
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National indicators for eye health services in Viet Nam
IAPB has collected key national indicator data on an annual basis since 2008.
Data sources include Ministry of Health staff or other key respondents, as well as published data. Data have not been received for all countries, or all indicators. The “Year Last Reported” column shows the most recent data received, and “No data” indicates no data available to IAPB in any year since 2008.
More information on data sources and limitations is available on the National indicators page.
Indicator
Data
Rank
Year Last Reported
Data Source
Cataract surgical service delivery
Effective cataract surgical coverage (eCSC)
27.0%
18 of 20
2007
Ramke et al., 2017
Cataract surgeries performed (annual)
220,000
12 of 120
Cataract surgical rate (CSR) (per million)
2,435
62 of 176
2014
Ministry of Health or key respondent
Number of eye care personnel by cadre
No. of ophthalmologists
1,300
2015
Resnikoff et al., 2020
Ophthalmologists per million
13.9
117 of 191
2015
Resnikoff et al., 2020
No. of optometrists
77
2019
WCO/AVRI/BHVI
Optometrists per million
0.8
127 of 159
2019
WCO/AVRI/BHVI
No. of allied ophthalmic personnel
1738
2014
Ministry of Health or key respondent
Allied ophthalmic personnel per million
19
49 of 102
2014
Ministry of Health or key respondent
Data and assessments
Eye health prevalence data survey completed (since 1987)
Prevalence, RAAB
2015
VLEG, RAAB Repository
Eye Care Service Assessment completed?
ECSAT
2015
Ministry of Health or key respondent
International Vision Health Scorecard
No data
National eye health resources and plans
National Eye Health Co-ordinator
Yes
Ministry of Health or key respondent
National Eye Committee
Yes
Ministry of Health or key respondent
National Eye Health Plan
No data
National Eye Health Plan Start Date
No data
National Eye Health Plan End Date
No data