The Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange/dioxin (VAVA) held an art exchange programme in Hanoi on August 10 with the theme “You are not alone”.
An event in HCM City to support AO/dioxin victims (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam Associationfor Victims of Agent Orange/dioxin (VAVA) held an art exchange programme inHanoi on August 10 with the theme “You are not left alone”.
The event took place on the occasion of the 58thanniversary of the AO catastrophe in Vietnam (August 10, 1961) and the Day forAO/dioxin victims (August 10).
VAVA Chairman Nguyen Van Rinh expressed his hopethat the programme will help people around the world know more about the AOdisaster in Vietnam, thus joining hands to ease the pain of the victims andsupport Vietnam in the fight for justice.
Attending the event, Deputy Prime MinisterTruong Hoa Binh described it as a meaningful activity to help international friendsunderstand better about endevours of Vietnamese Party and State in addressingpost-war consequences.
It also calls on organisations and individualsat home and abroad to provide both material and spiritual support for thevictims, he added.
At the programme, the VAVA raised 500 millionVND (22,000 USD) from auctioning two pictures to contribute to the AO/dioxinvictim fund. TheUS army sprayed some 80 million litres of toxic chemicals, 61 percent of whichwas Agent Orange containing 366 kilograms of dioxin, over nearly one quarter ofthe total area of South Vietnam from 1961 to 1971.
Preliminarystatistics 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 diedwhile millions of others have suffered from cancer and other incurable diseasesas consequences of exposure. Many of their offspring have also suffered frombirth deformities.-VNA
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An event in HCM City to support AO/dioxin victims (Photo: VNA) 
