A workshop analysing difficulties in the implementation of the State’ssupport policies for Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin victims across thecountry was held in the southern province of Dong Nai on July 2.
Accordingto Nguyen The Luc, Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Association ofVictims of Agent Orange/dioxin (VAVA), existing support policies focuson those who fought in the resistance wars and their children, whilefailing to cover affected civilians.
Many delegates also pointed to the fact that victims who joined the army after 1975 are also not covered by the policies.
Participants underlined the need to address these shortcomings inorder to provide better support for AO victims in the coming time.
Accordingto the Vietnam Association of Victims of Agent Orange/dioxin (VAVA),about 4.8 million Vietnamese were exposed to the toxic chemical, withover 3 million of them dying or painfully struggling from its seriouseffects.
Dong Nai is one of the hardest affected localities,with 56 percent of its area contaminated by AO/dioxin. In particular,Dong Nai’s Bien Hoa airport is the country’s second “hot spot” ofdioxin, as it was the place where the US military stored herbicides.
The VAVA chapter in Dong Nai reported that thereare more than 13,000 AO victims in the province, 8,000 of them beingcivilians but only 1,400 of them are benefiting social welfare.
Duringthe war in Vietnam, US forces sprayed 80 million litres of Agent Orangecontaining almost 400 kg of dioxin on Vietnam’s southern battlefields.
Notonly Vietnamese but people from many other countries also becamevictims of this mass-killing chemical. The toxic chemical still hassevere impacts on Vietnam’s filial generations today.-VNA
Accordingto Nguyen The Luc, Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Association ofVictims of Agent Orange/dioxin (VAVA), existing support policies focuson those who fought in the resistance wars and their children, whilefailing to cover affected civilians.
Many delegates also pointed to the fact that victims who joined the army after 1975 are also not covered by the policies.
Participants underlined the need to address these shortcomings inorder to provide better support for AO victims in the coming time.
Accordingto the Vietnam Association of Victims of Agent Orange/dioxin (VAVA),about 4.8 million Vietnamese were exposed to the toxic chemical, withover 3 million of them dying or painfully struggling from its seriouseffects.
Dong Nai is one of the hardest affected localities,with 56 percent of its area contaminated by AO/dioxin. In particular,Dong Nai’s Bien Hoa airport is the country’s second “hot spot” ofdioxin, as it was the place where the US military stored herbicides.
The VAVA chapter in Dong Nai reported that thereare more than 13,000 AO victims in the province, 8,000 of them beingcivilians but only 1,400 of them are benefiting social welfare.
Duringthe war in Vietnam, US forces sprayed 80 million litres of Agent Orangecontaining almost 400 kg of dioxin on Vietnam’s southern battlefields.
Notonly Vietnamese but people from many other countries also becamevictims of this mass-killing chemical. The toxic chemical still hassevere impacts on Vietnam’s filial generations today.-VNA
