After more than one year of cooperation, with joint efforts of Vietnam’s authorised agencies and the US Agency for International Development (USAID), the treatment of dioxin at Bien Hoa airport in southern Dong Nai province has seen positive results, thus creating a premise for Vietnam and the US to clean up over 500,000cu.m of soil and sediment at
Some 8.55 million poor and near poor people, AO/dioxin victims and disadvantaged workers nationwide have enjoyed a warmer traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday since they received support worth more than VND6.11 trillion (US$265.24 million) through the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) at all levels and trade unions.
Vietnam supports Agent Orange/dioxin victims in requesting legal responsibilities from US companies producing and selling the toxic chemical used during the war in Vietnam.
Hundreds of people gathered in Paris on January 30 to show their support for Vietnamese Agent Orange/dioxine victims after a litigation session of the Crown Court of Evry city for the case filled by Tran To Nga against 14 multinational companies for producing and selling chemical toxins sprayed by US forces in the war in Vietnam.
VOV.VN - Tran To Nga, an overseas Vietnamese woman living in France and a victim of Agent Orange (AO), has stated her intentions to fight not only for herself, but for her children and millions of other victims in her lawsuit against American companies.
VOV.VN - Several French newspapers have been reporting on a lawsuit filed by Vietnamese-French national Tran Thi To Nga against 14 multinational companies for their role in producing and selling chemical toxins that were sprayed by the United States army during the Vietnam War.
A French court will open a hearing on a lawsuit filed by Vietnamese-French Tran Thi To Nga against 14 multinational companies for producing and selling chemical toxins that was sprayed by the US army in the war in Vietnam, causing serious consequences for the community, her children and herself.
Vietnam and the United States have eliminated dioxin contamination from the Gate 2 Lake covering an area of 5,300 square meters at the Bien Hoa Airbase in the southern province of Dong Nai, one of the three main dioxin hotspots in Vietnam.
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.
VOV.VN - The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) will strive to strengthen peace, solidarity, and friendship ties between Vietnam and its traditional friends and partners in 2021 to serve national socio-economic development.