The project is funded by a grant worth 150,000 USD from Gyeonggi province of the Republic of Korea, through the Vietnam Environment Protection Fund of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE).

Chairman of the Vietnam Association for Victims of AO/dioxin Nguyen Van Rinh speaks at the ceremony.

Five years since its establishment, the social protection centre has offered accommodation, rehabilitation and training for AO/dioxin victims. The project will repair four sauna rooms and build two new ones to serve detoxification treatment.

Speaking at the ceremony, Chairman of the Vietnam Association for Victims of AO/dioxin Nguyen Van Rinh highly valued the support of Gyeonggi province and the MoNRE for AO/dioxin victims in the country.

He voiced his hope that upon its completion, the project will meet the demand for treatment and raise the efficiency of treatment and rehabilitation for AO/dioxin victims.

The project is expected to finish in late February next year.

The US army sprayed some 80 million litres of toxic chemicals, 61 percent of which was Agent Orange containing 366 kilograms of dioxin, over nearly one quarter of the total area of southern Vietnam from 1961 to 1971.

Preliminary statistics showed that 4.8 million Vietnamese people were exposed to AO/dioxin, and about 3 million people became victims. Tens of thousands of people have died while millions of others have suffered from cancer and other incurable diseases as consequences of exposure. Many of their offspring have also suffered from birth deformities.

HCM City: Thousands walk for AO victims, people with disabilities

More than 5,000 volunteers of the Vietnam Red Cross Society (VNRC) as well as local residents participated in a fundraising walk for Agent Organge (AO)/Dioxin victims and impoverished people with disabilities in Ho Chi Minh City on August 10.

EU grants 100,000 EUR to flood victims in Vietnam

The European Union (EU) on August 28 granted 100,000 EUR as relief aid to local residents effected by severe floods earlier this month in Central Highlands and Mekong Delta provinces.

Practically sharing with Bac Giang Agent Orange victims

(BGO) - From the help of the Association of Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin at all levels, Party committees and authorities, many Agent Orange (AO) victims in Bac Giang province have turned pain into motivation to overcome difficulties and actively participate in production development and association activities.

Foreign aid supports heart surgeries for AO/dioxin victims

An aid from Taipei’s Rotary Club was presented to the Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange/dioxin (VAVA)’s Ba Ria-Vung Tau province chapter on July 26.

Vietnam sends relief aid to Zimbabwe cyclone victims

The Vietnamese Embassy, the Vietnam News Agency (VNA)’s bureau and the Vietnamese Women’s Association in South Africa on April 30 handed over relief aid to the Zimbabwe Embassy in support of Zimbabwe people who were hit by Cyclone Idai last March. 

Source: VNA