Organisations boost cooperation for AO victims

The Vietnam Red Cross (VRC) and the Vietnam Association of the Victims of Agent Orange/dioxin (VAVA) will strengthen campaigns for implementation of the Party and State’s policies addressing the consequences of toxic chemicals and policies for AO victims.

To this effect, an agreement was signed by VRC President Tran Ngoc Tang and VAVA leader, Sen. Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Van Rinh, in Hanoi on December 10.

Under the agreement, the partners will coordinate in expanding external activities to help the international community understand more about the harmful effects of AO/dioxin on people in Vietnam , thus giving more support to the victims.

Speaking at the signing ceremony, VAVA President Rinh said that during the last years VRC has supported millions of AO victims in many practical ways.

VAVA, for its part, has also actively mobilized support from local people and international friends in the struggle for justice, he said.

Rinh said the coordination programme between the two associations would help provide more practical and effective assistance for people affected by the toxic chemical.

The same day, the France-Vietnam Friendship Association presented 90 million VND for the VRD to build houses of gratitude for people in the flood-hit-central region./.

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Over 19 bln VND raised for flood victims

The Vietnam Red Cross Association (VRC) has by Oct. 22 raised over 19 billion VND (960,000 USD) from individuals and organisations in the country and abroad to flood victims in central Vietnam.

Of the sum, 10.85 billion VND was from foreign donors.

The donations included 155,000 Swiss France from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, 100,000 USD from the Government and the Red Cross society of the Republic of Korea, 80,000 USD from the Government and the Red Cross of the US, 60,000 USD from the Chinese Embassy in Hanoi and the Chinese Red Cross society, and 30,000 USD from the Singaporean Red Cross.

The VRC has sent four missions to provide water filters, blankets, mosquito nets, tents, food, rice seeds, as well as books, text books and other necessities for flood victims.

By Oct. 21, floods caused by heavy rains claimed 76 lives and left six missing in the central region.

They included 15 passengers on a bus, 24 people in Nghe An province, 20 in Ha Tinh province, 12 in Quang Binh province and five people in Thanh Hoa province./.

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