Dr Sanduk Ruit, a longtime friend and colleague of Fred Hollows, has been hailed for exporting stitch-free eye surgery to the world, at a ceremony in Singapore.

Cambodian student Long Samphors recently underwent life-changing cataract surgery, after local health workers conducted an eye screening program in his village.

A new project in Vietnam will help address a shortage of eye doctors in the north and central regions of the country and provide treatment to patients unable to afford surgery.