The Vietnam - US Dialogue Group on Agent Orange/Dioxin is scheduled tomeet in HCM City next Friday to discuss future activities.
The workshop is part of the group's action plan on AO/dioxin duringthe 2010-19 period, Ngo Quang Xuan, vice chairman of the NationalAssembly's Committee for External Affairs and co-head of the group, saidat a press briefing on March 31.
The 300 million USD action plan set out by the group last June focuses on human health and the environment.
"Participants at the workshop are scheduled to visit Bien HoaAirport in southern Dong Nai province, one of the hot spots ofAO/Dioxin contamination, and a care centre for AO/Dioxin child victims,as well as some victims' families," he said.
"Overthe past years, the group, with assistance from the Government, theVietnam Association for Victims of AO/dioxin and international agenciesand organisations, has actively worked to raise awareness in the USof the harmful consequences of using the toxic chemical during theAmerican War. The group has also striven to mobilise the US tocontribute to making good the damage caused by AO to both theenvironment and people's health in Vietnam ."
Meanwhile, a music programme is scheduled for April 7 at HCM City-basedHoa Binh Theatre to raise funds for AO victims in Vietnam.
"The workshop and the fund-raising programme are aimed at raisingpublic awareness about the issue, especially in the US, and tomobilise resources to address the harmful consequences of using AO. Wealso want to implement projects to clean up dioxin-contaminated areas,restore the environment and support people who have been exposed to thetoxic chemical," Xuan said.
Between 1962 and 1971,US troops sprayed more than 80 million litres of AO/Dioxin on one-fourthof southern Vietnam's land area. At least 4.8 million Vietnamesepeople were exposed to the toxic chemical.
Scientists have identified 28 hot spots of dioxin contamination inVietnam, including Bien Hoa Airport in Dong Nai province, PhuCat Airport in the central coastal province of Binh Dinh and DaNang Airport./.
The workshop is part of the group's action plan on AO/dioxin duringthe 2010-19 period, Ngo Quang Xuan, vice chairman of the NationalAssembly's Committee for External Affairs and co-head of the group, saidat a press briefing on March 31.
The 300 million USD action plan set out by the group last June focuses on human health and the environment.
"Participants at the workshop are scheduled to visit Bien HoaAirport in southern Dong Nai province, one of the hot spots ofAO/Dioxin contamination, and a care centre for AO/Dioxin child victims,as well as some victims' families," he said.
"Overthe past years, the group, with assistance from the Government, theVietnam Association for Victims of AO/dioxin and international agenciesand organisations, has actively worked to raise awareness in the USof the harmful consequences of using the toxic chemical during theAmerican War. The group has also striven to mobilise the US tocontribute to making good the damage caused by AO to both theenvironment and people's health in Vietnam ."
Meanwhile, a music programme is scheduled for April 7 at HCM City-basedHoa Binh Theatre to raise funds for AO victims in Vietnam.
"The workshop and the fund-raising programme are aimed at raisingpublic awareness about the issue, especially in the US, and tomobilise resources to address the harmful consequences of using AO. Wealso want to implement projects to clean up dioxin-contaminated areas,restore the environment and support people who have been exposed to thetoxic chemical," Xuan said.
Between 1962 and 1971,US troops sprayed more than 80 million litres of AO/Dioxin on one-fourthof southern Vietnam's land area. At least 4.8 million Vietnamesepeople were exposed to the toxic chemical.
Scientists have identified 28 hot spots of dioxin contamination inVietnam, including Bien Hoa Airport in Dong Nai province, PhuCat Airport in the central coastal province of Binh Dinh and DaNang Airport./.
