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.

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.

Sixty years have passed since the US army dropped tens of millions of extremely toxic chemicals on various areas across the south of Vietnam, but their devastating impact still lingers, destroying the environment and claiming the lives of many generations of Agent Orange (AO) victims.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has sent a letter of sympathy to Agent Orange/dioxin victims and their families on the occasion of Day for AO/dioxin victims (August 10).

The Vietnamese State has issued many policies to support families that have rendered contributions to the revolution, and Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin victims, State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc said on July 21.

The Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin (VAVA) has launched a text-to-donate drive to raise money for AO/Dioxin victims in Vietnam which will last through September 10.

Resolution No. 68/NQ-CP takes important steps towards expanding the coverage and effectiveness of Government relief packages in Vietnam by including new categories of workers to the beneficiaries of government support, and lowering the administrative burden imposed to beneficiaries.