Chairman of the Vietnam Association for Victims of AO/dioxin Nguyen Van Rinh speaks at the ceremony (Photo: baodansinh.vn) Hanoi (VNA) – A ground breakingceremony for a project to upgrade the Vietnam social protection centre forAgent Orange (AO)/dioxin victims took place in Thach That district of Hanoi onOctober 10.
The project is funded by a grant worth150,000 USD from Gyeonggi province of the Republic of Korea, through theVietnam Environment Protection Fund of the Ministry of Natural Resources andEnvironment (MoNRE).
Five years since its establishment, thesocial protection centre has offered accommodation, rehabilitation and trainingfor AO/dioxin victims. The project will repair four sauna rooms and build twonew ones to serve detoxification treatment.
Speaking at the ceremony, Chairman of the VietnamAssociation for Victims of AO/dioxin Nguyen Van Rinh highly valued the supportof Gyeonggi province and the MoNRE for AO/dioxin victims in the country.
He voiced his hope that upon itscompletion, the project will meet the demand for treatment and raise theefficiency of treatment and rehabilitation for AO/dioxin victims.
The project is expected to finish in lateFebruary next year.
The US army sprayed some 80 million litresof toxic chemicals, 61 percent of which was Agent Orange containing 366kilograms of dioxin, over nearly one quarter of the total area of southernVietnam from 1961 to 1971.
Preliminary statistics showed that 4.8million Vietnamese people were exposed to AO/dioxin, and about 3 million peoplebecame victims. Tens of thousands of people have died while millions of othershave suffered from cancer and other incurable diseases as consequences ofexposure. Many of their offspring have also suffered from birth deformities./.
The project is funded by a grant worth150,000 USD from Gyeonggi province of the Republic of Korea, through theVietnam Environment Protection Fund of the Ministry of Natural Resources andEnvironment (MoNRE).
Five years since its establishment, thesocial protection centre has offered accommodation, rehabilitation and trainingfor AO/dioxin victims. The project will repair four sauna rooms and build twonew ones to serve detoxification treatment.
Speaking at the ceremony, Chairman of the VietnamAssociation for Victims of AO/dioxin Nguyen Van Rinh highly valued the supportof Gyeonggi province and the MoNRE for AO/dioxin victims in the country.
He voiced his hope that upon itscompletion, the project will meet the demand for treatment and raise theefficiency of treatment and rehabilitation for AO/dioxin victims.
The project is expected to finish in lateFebruary next year.
The US army sprayed some 80 million litresof toxic chemicals, 61 percent of which was Agent Orange containing 366kilograms of dioxin, over nearly one quarter of the total area of southernVietnam from 1961 to 1971.
Preliminary statistics showed that 4.8million Vietnamese people were exposed to AO/dioxin, and about 3 million peoplebecame victims. Tens of thousands of people have died while millions of othershave suffered from cancer and other incurable diseases as consequences ofexposure. Many of their offspring have also suffered from birth deformities./.
VNA
