Defence Minister vows joint work with AO victims association
Defence Minister Gen. Ngo Xuan Lich has pledged to continue working closely with the Vietnam Association of the Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin (VAVA) to support AO victims.
Hanoi (VNA) – DefenceMinister Gen. Ngo Xuan Lich pledged to continue working closely with theVietnam Association of the Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin (VAVA) to support AOvictims during a working session in Hanoi on January 18.
Lich, who is also Vice Secretaryof the Central Military Commission, also asked the General Department ofPolitics under the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) to direct army press agencies toopen more columns featuring the sufferings of AO victims, especially on theoccasion of Day for AO Victims (August 10).
The ministry’s relevant agencies wererequired to coordinate with the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and SocialAffairs, ministries and agencies to amend the Ordinance on Ex-Revolutionaries, proposethe government extend studies on recovery from chemical toxics, contributing tomitigating new exposures to AO/dioxin left over from the war.
VAVA Chairman Sen. Lieut. GenNguyen Van Rinh said over the past years, VAVA has offered monthly allowances andmore than 4,100 scholarships to AO victims, repaired over 3,100 houses,provided free medicines for 100,000 others.
Since its establishment, VAVAreceived financial support from the ministry, businesses and individuals athome and abroad to build social protection and vocational training centres, andrehabilitation facilities.
The General Department ofPolitics has assisted the association in raising public awareness of joininghands in support of AO victims.
TheVPA Chemistry Arm, the Military Medical University and the Vietnam-RussiaTropical Centre have worked with VAVA on AO/dioxin research and adetoxification project, he said.
From 1961 to 1971, American troops sprayed more than 80 million litres of herbicides— 44 million litres of which were AO, containing nearly 370kg of dioxin — onsouthern Vietnam.
As a result, about 4.8 million Vietnamese wereexposed to the toxic chemical. Many of the victims have died, while millions oftheir descendants are living with deformities and diseases as a direct resultof the AO/dioxin effects.-VNA
President of the Vietnam Association of Victims of Agent Orange (VAVA) Nguyen Van Rinh has urged the association’s chapters at all levels to seek new ways to mobilise more support for AO victims.
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At the event (Source: VNA) 
