Association aims to raise 1 trillion VND for AO victims in five years
The Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin (VAVA) aims to raise 1 trillion VND (43 million USD) in funds to support AO victims over the next five years.
Hanoi (VNA) – The VietnamAssociation for Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin (VAVA) aims to raise 1 trillion VND (43 million USD) in funds tosupport AO victims over the next five years.
Thetarget was set during the association’s fourth national congress in Hanoi onDecember 4-5 with the participation of 350 delegates from the 63 localitiesnationwide.
The fund will be usedto construct 1,000 houses for victims; grant 3,000 scholarships; and assist1,000 households with capital for production. The association hopes to givewheelchairs to 80 percent of needy AO victims and New Year gifts to all poorvictims.
Over the 2018-2023tenure, the association aims to receive an additional 50,000 members.
Addressing the event,President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee Tran Thanh Man laudedthe achievements that the association has made so far, with its prestige andposition rising in society.
Members of theassociation, mostly the elderly, have worked hard to overcome difficulties tosupport AO victims, he said.
In the tenure, theassociation should focus on implementing Directive No.43 of the Party CentralCommittee’s Secretariat on the national action programme aiming to overcome theconsequences of toxic chemicals used by the US during the war in Vietnam, whilestrengthening communications on the dioxin disaster in the country, he said.
Man also called on theState and the whole community to join hands in easing the pain caused by thedisaster.
A report delivered atthe congress shows that during the 2013-2018 tenure, the association expandedits coverage to all the 63 localities, 610 districts, and 6,551 communes andwards, with 393,000 members.
It raised over 1.13trillion VND (48.59 million USD) for AO victims, 1.6 times higher than that inthe previous tenure and equivalent to 58.86 percent of the total amount raised in15 years.
Meanwhile, strugglesfor justice launched by the association gave the domestic and internationalcommunities a better understanding of the consequences of dioxin and led to theUS’ initial moves towards accepting their responsibilities in the field.
At the congress, thedelegates elected a 97-member Central Committee of the VAVA, headed by SeniorLieutenant General Nguyen Van Rinh. Former Vice State President Nguyen Thi Binhcontinued to be the Honorary President of the association.–VNA
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