Vietnam Agency Provides More Support for AO/dioxin Victims

The Vietnam News Agency (VNA) has organized a wide range of charity activities to support Agent Orange/dioxin victims nationwide on the occasion of the Agent Orange Day on August 10. A total of VND601 million and 22 wheelchairs, two houses and a laptop have been presented to the victims, through the VNA’s Relief Fund for AO Victims. Of the total, ten AO victims in Lap Thach district, Vinh Phuc province received VND5 million and two wheelchairs while victims in the northern province of Ninh Binh received VND5 million and ten wheelchairs. The fund also handed over VND20 million to ten former members of the youth volunteer force who were afflicted by AO in the central province of Quang Tri . Other provinces receiving presents includes Bac Giang, Nam Dinh, Thai Binh, Hai Duong and Hai Phong. On the occasion, through VNA’s 57 domestic bureaus, the fund presented VND486 million and several houses for victims in two provinces of Lao Cai and Thai Nguyen, raising the total number of houses the agency has built to 17. Currently, the fund is continuing to mobilize support from individuals and organizations both inside and outside the country. In one noteworthy donation, the Greek Embassy in Vietnam contributed VND745 million and 90 wheelchairs.