Geneva (VNA) – The Switzerland-Vietnam Friendship Association hasrecently held a Solidarity Day with Vietnam in Zurich city to raise funds forits charitable activities.
Speaking at the event on November 24, Ngoc Dung Moser,member of the association’s Executive Board, said that on average, theassociation collected 8,000 CHF (8,010 USD) per year.
Anjuska Weil, the association’s President, said that sinceits foundation in 1982, the association has organised many activities tosupport victims of Agent Orange/dioxin, and bombs and mines, leprosy patients,and children living in difficulties in different localities in Vietnam.
This year, the association starts granting long-termscholarships to nearly 30 girls in Chau Thanh A district in the Mekong Deltaprovince of Hau Giang to help them pursue their learning.
Attending the event, Vietnamese Ambassador to SwitzerlandPham Hai Bang thanked the association for its assistance given to needy peoplein Vietnam.
On this occasion, the association published its magazinenamed Hoa binh (Peace) comprising articles on the East Sea and the lawsuit ofVietnam’s dioxin victims against the US’s chemical companies which providedherbicides for the US army to use during the wartime in Vietnam.-VNA
