At the event, Chairman of the Vietnam-USAssociation Nguyen Tam Chien informed the participants that 2015 marks20 years of normalised diplomatic ties between the two nations.
Chien said they have reviewed their past, but the important thing is to keep looking toward and building a bright future.
Associate Professor Desiree Helegers from Washington StateUniversity, who is visiting Vietnam for the first time, shared that inher role as a teacher she will educate young Americans about theafter-effects of the Vietnam War.
She is currently writing a book about the effects of dioxin on human health.
The VFP delegation is in Vietnam through May 2 and is scheduled tomeet with the Vietnam Association of Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxinand the Veterans’ Association of Vietnam, as well as visit AgentOrange and mine victims and tour a dioxin clean-up site at the Da NangAirport, among others.-VNA