Prime Minister praises VAVA for efforts to care for AO victims
VAVA praised for efforts to care for AO victims
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc paid a visit to the Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange/dioxin (VAVA) on January 20, during which he praised the efforts, activeness and creativity of the association at all levels in protecting the legitimate rights of Agent Orange/dioxin (AO) victims as well as caring and supporting them.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc speaks at the event (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc paida visit to the Vietnam Associationfor Victims of Agent Orange/dioxin (VAVA)on January 20, during which he praised the efforts, activeness andcreativity of the association at all levels in protecting the legitimate rightsof Agent Orange/dioxin (AO) victims as well as caring and supporting them.
In order to speed up the settlement of consequences of chemicalsleft by the war and improve the living conditions for AO victims, the PM suggested that the association continue showing strongperformance in implementing the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat Directive43 on the strengthening of the Party leadership over settling chemicals’consequences and the national action programme in the field.
The association should actively implement the resolutionreleased at its fourth National Congress, while coordinating with mediaagencies to raise public awareness of dioxin disaster in Vietnam and call forthe society’s support to the struggle to claim justice for AO victims, he said.
He asked the association to continue reforming itsoperational methods, with focus on improving capacity to its officials, whilegiving consultations and criticism against policies regarding AO victims.
Along with caring for AO victims, the association shouldwork harder to encourage the whole society to join hands in easing dioxin painsfor victims, including giving a warm Lunar New Year (Tet) festival to them.
So far, more than 2.6 trillion VND (112.68 million USD), including 370 billionVND raised in 2020, has been given to AO victims and their family to ease theirdifficulties.
Particularly, activities to gain justice for AO victims havebeen implemented in various forms, attracting domestic and internationalattention.
PM Phuc presents 500 million VND to the centre for nursing and providing vocational training for AO victims (Photo: VNA)
On the occasion, thePM presented 50 charity houses to AO victims and 500 million VND to the centrefor nursing and providing vocational training for AO victims./.
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Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc speaks at the event (Photo: VNA) 
PM Phuc presents 500 million VND to the centre for nursing and providing vocational training for AO victims (Photo: VNA) 
