Fundraising Walk to Help AO Victims

More than 10,000 people will join a fundraising walk next week to commemorate the Day for Victims of Agent Orange which falls on August 10. The annual event will be held on August 3 in Dam Sen Cultural Park in HCM City's District 11. It is organised by the HCM City Red Cross Society. Red Cross is also offering The Tinh Thuong (Loving Cards) that individuals and organisations can buy at shops and other locations. The payments received for the cards will be donated to victims of Agent Orange. Last year, Red Cross received more than VND2.4 billion ($115,000) from donors to support victims of Agent Orange and people with disabilities. This helped more than 670 Agent Orange victims with monthly support of VND500,000 on average. (Vietnam News Jul 26)