Wheelchairs presented to AO/dioxin victims in Hanoi (Photo: VNA) At the event, VAVA Chairman Nguyen Van Rinh said a number ofkey events will run in the capital city, including a congress of 300 delegates tohonour outstanding supporters of the AO/dioxin victims during 2016 – 2021; and aninternational seminar on AO/dioxin related illnesses.
A meeting with the participation of between 300 and 500people will be held to show the serious consequences of chemicals on the human healthand environment as well as Vietnam’s efforts in addressing such consequences,and will call for domestic and international support toward the AO community.
The activities will also feature an exhibition,an award ceremony of a VAVA-initiated writing contest, and a text messagecampaign to raise fund for the victims.
The VAVA central committee said these events will take placevirtually or physically in a limited scale in line with pandemic-preventionregulations.
From 1961-1971, US troops sprayed more than 80 millionlitres of herbicides - 44 million litres of which were AO containing nearly370 kilograms of dioxin - over southern Vietnam.
As a result, around 4.8 million Vietnamese were exposed tothe toxic chemical. Many of the victims have died, while millions of theirdescendants are living with deformities and diseases as a direct result of thechemical’s effects./.
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