Joint efforts to ease pain of Agent Orange/dioxin victims
The AO herbicide containing toxic dioxin sprayed by US troops over southern Vietnam from 1961 to 1971 has left devastating impacts on millions of Vietnamese.
More than 200 cyclists raced in the first Da Nang Cycling Open-Asanzo Cup in the central city of Da Nang to raise funds for victims of Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin on July 30.
A new centre that will offer rehabilitation and post-surgery care to Agent Orange victims will open by the end of the year in HCM City, according to the HCM City Association of Victims of Agent Orange.
About 3,000 people in Hanoi took a walk for Agent Orange/Dioxin victims along streets around My Dinh National Stadium on August 6 to mark the 56th anniversary of the Vietnamese Orange Agent Day.
It’s 56 years since the US troops started to spray defoliants, including Agent Orange over southern Vietnam. However its aftermath still remains on the third generation of the AO/dioxin victims.