Chinese Tiens Group supports AO victims

The Chinese Group Tiens has donated 60,000 USD to Vietnamese Agent Orange (AO) victims, through the Vietnam Association for AO/Dioxin Victims, according to the Group’s President Li Yin-yuan.

Tuesday, March 13, 2012 10:55

The Chinese Group Tiens has donated 60,000 USD to Vietnamese AgentOrange (AO) victims, through the Vietnam Association for AO/DioxinVictims, according to the Group’s President Li Yin-yuan.

The gift, including 10,000 USD in cash and the rest in Tiensfunctional foods, has been delivered to AO victims in Hanoi , HaiDuong, Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh City .

Tiens,which mainly focuses on manufacturing ranges of functionalfoods and cosmetics, has an extensive network of branches in 110countries worldwide, including Vietnam.-VNA

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