03. What can Optometry do to benefit Vietnam situation?

Highly trained and motivated optometrists will contribute a lot of positive impact in visual care in Vietnam. Optometrist can help to alleviate the workload of ophthalmologists in taking care patients with basic and common eye diseases, allow them to focus on their specialty, in this case is internal medicine and surgery. Therefore, creating a workforce of highly trained optometrists will improve the effectiveness of eye care service in Vietnam as well as health care system.