VOV.VN - Vietnam is commemorating officials, soldiers and people who have died of COVID-19 on November 19, with a memorial service to be held in Ho Chi Minh City – the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak.

Buddhist temples and establishments across the country will ring the bell, light candles, offer incense and pray for those who died from COVID-19 at 8pm on November 19, in coordination with a national requiem for the dead victims of the coronavirus.

VOV.VN - Do Thi Ha, the Vietnamese representative at the Miss World 2021 pageant, has prepared a project with the theme of “Peaceful Houses” in order to assist flood victims as she competes in the global beauty pageant later this year.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs in collaboration with the Vietnam Fatherland Front, Ho Chi Minh City and other localities will hold a ceremony to commemorate the victims of the COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam.

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 - 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 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.