Within one week, two female patients were given a new lease on life thanks to lung donations from two men who had been declared brain-dead, according to Director of the National Lung Hospital Dinh Van Luong.

The surgical operations, including one that was the world's first, conducted by Professor Dr Nguyen The Hoang over three decades have helped transform the lives of many people.

T.T.H, a teacher in Nghe An, traveled 300 kilometers to Hanoi, arriving in time to save her brother.