Hanoi (VNA) – Participants at aworkshop in Hanoi on September 28 proposed solutions to take better care of thechildren who are Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin victims.
Relevant policies on the group andsupport to them in localities were also tabled for discussion at the event,jointly held by the Vietnam Association for Protection of Child Rights (VACR)and NSG Social Company Limited.
Vietnam counts more than 150,000 second-generationAO victims, 35,000 of the third generation and 6,000 others of thefourth.
Over 10 trillion VND (420.6 million USD) has beenearmarked annually to support the victims as well as the areas severely affectedby the toxic chemical.
Many participants stressed the need to set criteria forthe classification of AO victims and build funds for the research work, sayingthe child victims should receive more care.
Others proposed increasing allowances for the group,establishing special centres for them and devising exclusive policies.
According to the Vietnam Association of Victims ofAgent Orange/dioxin (VAVA), the US army sprayed 80 million litres of toxicchemicals on the south of Vietnam between 1961 and 1971, with 61% being AOcontaining 366kg of dioxin, on over nearly 3.06 million hectares (equivalent tonearly one quarter of the south’s total area).
Preliminary statistics showed that 4.8 millionVietnamese people were exposed to AO/dioxin, and about 3 million people becamevictims. Tens of thousands of people have died and millions of others suffered from cancer and other incurable diseases as a result. Many of theiroffsprings also suffer from birth deformities./.
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Illustrative image (Source: VNA) 
