The order is a high honour of the State of Vietnam to foreign individuals and groups who have made tremendous contributions to the development and promotion of friendship and cooperation between Vietnam and other countries.

Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga bestows PeaceTrees Vietnam Founder Jerilyn Brusseau with the Order of Friendship in recognition for her efforts to heal war wounds in Vietnam.

Speaking at the awards ceremony, Nga, also Chairwoman of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO), said over the past two decades, Brusseau has made endless efforts to support Vietnam in addressing war aftermaths and to build trust, as well as, promote friendship between Vietnamese and American people.

Thanking her for what she and PeaceTrees Vietnam have done for the country, the ambassador expected Brusseau will make more contributions to Vietnam. The VUFO is committed to working alongside Brusseau and PeaceTrees Vietnam and other foreign non-governmental organisations to develop ties between Vietnam and other countries, Nga stressed.

Representatives of Peace Trees Vietnam present gift to poor children.

For her part, Brusseau told the story of her family and what made her devoted to Vietnam. Jerilyn Brusseau is the sister of an American pilot killed in Quang Tri in central Vietnam after his helicopter was shot down in early 1969.

After a visit to Vietnam in 1996 that allowed her to see the devastating consequences of the war with her own eyes, she, her husband Danaan Parry and her mother Rae Cheney decided to found PeaceTrees Vietnam to honour the dead on all sides and build bridges of trust and friendship between the two peoples.

PeaceTrees Vietnam was the first international non-governmental organisation permitted by Vietnam to engage in humanitarian demining work.

120 scholarships presented to poor students in Long An

The Vu A Dinh scholarship fund, Nam A Bank, VinaCapital Foundation (VCF), and the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union provincial chapter of Long An presented scholarships to 120 poor students with outstanding performance during a local ceremony on August 21. 

Bac Giang presents hope to poorest people

(BGO) – With the spirit “The leaves protect tattered ones”, the movement “Each organization or individual attaches to a humanitarian address” launched by the Red Cross Society in Bac Giang province has mobilized a huge source to support the poor under specific address. 

SMS campaign launched to support the poor

The Ministry of Information and Communications, in collaboration with the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs and the standing board of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee, launched a text message campaign on August 17 to pool support for the impoverished nationwide.

Foreign-funded projects benefit poor people in Thua Thien-Hue

The central province of Thua Thien-Hue on August 8 and 9 received many projects funded by foreign organisations to support disadvantaged people and poor student in the locality. 

Charity programme raises US$40.8 million to support the poor

Roughly VND945 billion (US$40.8 million) was raised for the charity programme “Joining hands for the poor" in 2018 by 261 kind-hearted businesses, units and individuals nationwide.

Source: VNA