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My Lai Peace Foundation presents gifts to AO/dioxin victims

The My Lai Peace Foundation in conjunction with the Association for Victims of Agent Orange (AO)/Dioxin of the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu on June 3 handed over 15 houses worth 50 million VND (over 2,150 USD) each to AO victims and 90 bicycles to poor students in Bac Lieu, Hau Giang and Ca Mau provinces.
My Lai Peace Foundation presents gifts to AO/dioxin victims ảnh 1At the handover ceremony (Photo: VNA)

BacLieu (VNA) – The My Lai Peace Foundation in conjunction with the Association for Victims of Agent Orange (AO)/Dioxin of the Mekong Delta provinceof Bac Lieu on June 3 handed over 15 houses worth 50 million VND (over 2,150USD) each to AO victims and 90bicycles to poor students in Bac Lieu, Hau Giang and Ca Mau provinces.

Speaking at the handover ceremony, Chairwoman of the My Lai Peace Foundation TruongNgoc Thuy said she was happy to receive coordination from the three provinces  in supporting AO/dioxin victims, saying that theorganisation always joins hands with the community to provide assistance for AO/dioxinvictims and their relatives.

She hoped that sectors and agencies of localities nationwide will continue tocoordinate with the fund to help ease the pain of AO victims.

Chairwoman of the Association for Victims of Agent Orange (AO)/Dioxin ofBac Lieu Vo Thi Hong Thoai appreciated the fund’s contributions and assistance tolocal AO victims, hoping the locality will receive more support from theorgansisation in the time to come.

According to Thoai, there are over10,000 people exposed to AO/dioxin in Bac Lieu, but only nearly 2,000 of them are benefitingfrom support policies.

In the past ten years, the associationraised over 12.5 billion VND to help local AO victims and their families to cope with the difficulties in their lives./.

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