Activities mark Day for Agent Orange Victims

A wide range of activities are being held to mark the Day for Agent Orange/Dioxin Victims (August 10) and the 53rd anniversary of the Agent Orange catastrophe in Vietnam.
A wide range of activities are being held to mark the Day for AgentOrange/Dioxin Victims (August 10) and the 53rd anniversary of the AgentOrange catastrophe in Vietnam.

Chairman of the VietnamAssociation for Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin (VAVA) Senior LieutenantGeneral Nguyen Van Rinh said the events aim to raise public awareness onthe issue while calling for domestic and foreign assistance and supportfor the Vietnamese victims as well as the struggle for justice for theVietnamese victims.

A mobile texting campaign was launched onAugust 4 to collect money in support of AO victims nationwide. From nowto September 30, people can support the campaign by texting DACAM to1409.

An exchange programme will be held at the Hanoi Opera House on August 9.
An exhibition - themed “Agent Orange – Sense and Justice” is underwayin the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho from July 25 to August 20.

Duringthe war in Vietnam , the US troops sprayed nearly 80 millionlitres of herbicides, 61 percent of which was Agent Orange containing366kg of dioxin.

An estimated 4.8 million Vietnamese wereexposed to the toxic chemical, with over 3 million of them dying orpainfully struggling from its serious effects.

Not only Vietnamese but people from many other countries also became victims of this mass-killing chemical.-VNA

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