The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund (VVMF) has announced that it will receive a 1 million USD grant from the US government to assist with demining activities in Vietnam.
Last month, the US Congress approved and President Obama signed into law a defence funding bill that included a provision directing the US Secretary of Defence to award a 1 million USD grant to VVMF for demining activities.
The grant will be used for VVMF's Project RENEW-a nine-year-old humanitarian programme charged with Restoring the Environment and Neutralizing the Effects of War, according to VVMF’s press release on Jan. 11.
"The VVMF applauds the US government for its continuing efforts to assist Vietnam with the deadly legacy of the Vietnam War - the more than 350,000 tonnes of explosive remnants of war (ERW) - that continue to contaminate the country and harm its people," Jan C. Scruggs, the organisation's founder and president, was quoted as saying.
He said that "This grant will be used for Project RENEW and its many successful programmes in Vietnam."
Scruggs' announcement kicked off a week-long educational and humanitarian delegation to the Southeast Asian country.
The delegation began its tour in Hanoi on Jan. 11. It will visit the central provinces of Quang Tri, Thua Thien-Hue and the central city of Da Nang before departing Jan. 17 from Ho Chi Minh City./.
Last month, the US Congress approved and President Obama signed into law a defence funding bill that included a provision directing the US Secretary of Defence to award a 1 million USD grant to VVMF for demining activities.
The grant will be used for VVMF's Project RENEW-a nine-year-old humanitarian programme charged with Restoring the Environment and Neutralizing the Effects of War, according to VVMF’s press release on Jan. 11.
"The VVMF applauds the US government for its continuing efforts to assist Vietnam with the deadly legacy of the Vietnam War - the more than 350,000 tonnes of explosive remnants of war (ERW) - that continue to contaminate the country and harm its people," Jan C. Scruggs, the organisation's founder and president, was quoted as saying.
He said that "This grant will be used for Project RENEW and its many successful programmes in Vietnam."
Scruggs' announcement kicked off a week-long educational and humanitarian delegation to the Southeast Asian country.
The delegation began its tour in Hanoi on Jan. 11. It will visit the central provinces of Quang Tri, Thua Thien-Hue and the central city of Da Nang before departing Jan. 17 from Ho Chi Minh City./.
