Artists perform to mark Day for AO/Dioxin Victims

International and Vietnamese artists will perform in “A Night of Beethoven” concert at the HCM City Opera House today to mark the 58th anniversary of the Day for AO/Dioxin Victims on August 10.

PM lauds post-war bomb, mine recovery

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc lauded bomb and mine recovery efforts over the past several years while chairing a meeting of the National Steering Committee on the Settlement of Post-War Unexploded Ordnance and Toxic Chemical Consequences (Steering Committee 701) in Hà Nội on Tuesday. 

Red Cross holds fundraising walk for AO victims

More than 5,000 volunteers and members of the Việt Nam Red Cross Society (VNRC) as well as local residents joined a fundraising walk for Agent Orange (AO)/Dioxin victims and people with disabilities on Sunday (August 5) at Đầm Sen Cultural Park in HCM City’s District 11.

Walk marks Day for Agent Orange/Dioxin Victims

A walk to honour families of Agent Orange victims and poor disabled people who have managed to overcome their difficulties was organised on August 5 at the Đầm Sen Cultural Park in HCM City to mark the Day for AO/Dioxin Victims, August 10.

Agent Orange still impacts

President Trần Đại Quang saidThe 55th Agent Orange (AO) Day in Việt Nam was commemorated in Hà Nội yesterday when President Trần Đại Quang said the settlement of chemical toxin consequences is an urgent and long-term issue, and also the responsibility of the whole political system and people.
 

Organisations pull together to assist AO victims The Vietnam News Agency (VNA) and localities nationwide are carrying out charitable activities to support victims of Agent Orange/dioxin and their families in response to the Day for AO/Dioxin Victims on August 10.

Overseas Vietnamese urged to aid dioxin victims Vietnamese communities abroad have organised activities to raise funds for Agent Orange/Dioxin victims in response to an appeal by the Viet Nam Fatherland Front.

AO fund in new drive to raise support for victims The Agent Orange Victims Fund plans to launch a 12-month campaign this year to raise funds and mobilise support domestically and abroad for AO/Dioxin victims, said the fund's director, Tran Duc Phan.

New magazine on AO/dioxin published The first volume of a Vietnamese magazine on Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin was published in celebration of the Day for AO/Dioxin victims on Thursday.