Vietnam Province Makes Debut Fund for AO/Dioxin Victims

Vietnam’s southern province of Ben Tre has made debut a fund for AO/Dioxin victims, mainly sponsored by Lo Hoi Trading Co., Ltd, the Cong An Nhan Dan newspaper reported on Oct 4, citing an official. Foreign and domestic donors have to date contributed a total of VND3.5 billion into the fund, Le Thi Thanh Van chairman of the provincial AO/Dioxin victim association said.  The association expects to mobilize VND25 billion - VND30 billion from the donors by 2020, Van added. (Cong An Nhan Dan- People’s Police Oct 4 p2)