VOV.VN - The Embassy of Vietnam in France presented a Friendship Order from the Vietnamese President to Alain Dussarps, vice president of the France-Vietnam Friendship Association (AAFV), at a ceremony held on November 9.

A get-together and exhibition on Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin victims in Vietnam has been held in Brussels, Belgium by the Belgium - Vietnam Association (ABV).

Vietnamese Ambassador to France Dinh Toan Thang has appreciated efforts made by Collectif Vietnam Dioxine members to support campaigns to back Vietnamese French woman Tran To Nga’s lawsuit against US chemical companies and to raise funds for Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin victims in Vietnam.

A friendly golf tournament named “Vietnam Ambassador’s Cup 2021” was held at the Hulencourt golf course in Belgium on September 27 to raise funds for Agent Orange/dioxin victims in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese ambassador to France Dinh Toan Thang had a working session with the leadership of the France-Vietnam Friendship Association (AAFV) led by its president Gerard Daviot in Paris on September 27.

VOV.VN - State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, who is in New York for the 76th UN General Assembly, received US friends of Vietnam led by Merle Ratner, Coordinator of the US-based Vietnam Agent Orange (AO) Relief and Responsibility Campaign, on September 21.

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) together with the People's Committee of Quang Tri province and the National Action Center for Toxic Chemicals and Environmental Treatment on September 1 held an online event to launch USAID-funded projects to support people with disabilities.

The Le Monde newspaper of France has recently posted an article of the Collectif Vietnam-Dioxine association, calling on French politicians and the international community to support victims of Agent Orange (AO) in Vietnam and designate a day in commemoration of the victims.

VOV.VN - Decades have passed since the end of the United States’ war of aggression, millions of Vietnamese people exposed to Agent Orange/dioxin are still in need of assistance from the community to overcome their daily difficulties.

Great efforts have been made by the Vietnamese Government as well as organisations and individuals at home and abroad to support victims of Agent Orange/dioxin (AO) with a hope to ease the incomparable pain that they are suffering.