The 25,500 USD aid will cover the cost of 10 congenital heart surgeries for AO/dioxin child victims in the province and vocational skills training kits for students in Long Dien district.

At the ceremony to hand over the aid worth 25,500 USD to the VAVA's Ba Ria-Vung Tau province chapter.

Speaking at the handover ceremony, head of the Rotary Club Lam Yan Chang said this is the 11th year the club has worked with the VAVA’s Ba Ria-Vung Tau chapter in humanitarian activities.

Nguyen Van Nhan, head of the chapter said as many as 42 heart surgeries for AO/dioxin victims in the province have been performed with the support of the Taipei’s Rotary Club since 2008.

Fund raised by the organisation has helped AO/dioxin victims in Ba Ria-Vung Tau overcome illness and ease their difficulties, he added.

The US army sprayed some 80 million litres of toxic chemicals, 61 percent of which was Agent Orange containing 366 kilograms of dioxin, over nearly one quarter of the total area of South Vietnam from 1961 to 1971.

Preliminary statistics show that 4.8 million Vietnamese people were exposed to Agent Orange/dioxin, and about 3 million people became victims. Tens of thousands of people have died while millions of others have suffered from cancer and other incurable diseases as consequences of exposure. Many of their offspring have also suffered from birth deformities.

Ba Ria-Vung Tau province is home to more than 3,500 AO/dioxin victims.

VinGroup presents 4,000 gift packages to the poor and AO victims

(BGO) – Responding to the movement of “Tet for the poor and Agent Orange  (AO) Victims”, the Kind-Heart Fund (under VinGroup) mobilized 2 billion VND (over 85,800 USD) to present 4,000 gift packages (each worth 500,000 VND or 21.46 USD) to the needy cases in the upcoming Lunar New Year 2019 via the Red Cross Society (RCS) in the northern province of Bac Giang. 

Thousands of drivers commemorate victims of road traffic accident

(BGO) – Under the motto of “Commemorate the gone – For the present”, thousands of drivers in several roads in Bac Giang province at 9 am on November 18 stopped their vehicles and went down the street for a minute to commemorate the victims killed in road traffic accidents. 

Bac Giang calls for 29,000 Tet gifts to poor people and AO victims

(BGO) – Implementing the programme to support the needy cases on the Lunar New Year 2019 (Ky Hoi), the Red Cross Society (RCS) in the northern province of Bac Giang has recently launched the donation of “Tet for the poor and Agent Orange/ Dioxin victims (AO victims)”. 

Provincial leaders visit and present gifts to victims of road traffic accidents

(BGO) – Nguyen Van Linh, Chairman of the Bac Giang provincial People’s Committee (PPC) and Head of provincial Traffic Safety Board (TSB) on November 7 visited and encouraged two families who lost their relatives in traffic accidents in Bac Giang city. 

Japanese doctors provide medical examination and gifts to victims of Agent Orange

(BGO) – A delegation of Japanese doctors on October 19 – 20 visited the northern province of Bac Giang to provide medical examination and present gifts to local victims of Agent Orange (AO victims).

Source: VNA