The Vietnam Association of Victims of Agent Orange/dioxin, the National Steering Committee on the Settlement of Post-War Unexploded Ordnance and Toxic Chemical Consequences (Steering Committee 701) and the radio and television centre under the Ministry of Defence on August 1 launched an action month for victims of Agent Orange/dioxin (AO).

Incense offering ceremonies in tribute to Vietnamese and Lao martyrs were organised at the Laos-Vietnam Combat Alliance Monument in Thoulakhom district, and the monument dedicated to Vietnamese martyrs in Kasy district of Vientiane province on July 26.

VOV.VN - A delegation of the Party, State, National Assembly, Government, and Fatherland Front laid a wreath at President Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and the Monument to Heroes and Martyrs in Hanoi on July 27 marking 76 years of Vietnam War Invalids and Martyrs’ Day.

The US Ambassador to Vietnam, Marc Knapper, on July 25 visited the Centre for DNA Identification (CDI) under the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST).

A requiem was held in Luang Prabang, Laos, on July 20 for Vietnamese and Lao martyrs who laid down their lives in Laos for the national liberation and the international missions of the two neighboring countries, on the occasion of the 76th anniversary of the War Invalids and Martyrs’ Day (July 27, 1947-2023).

VOV.VN - State President Vo Van Thuong on July 19 offered incense in commemoration of war martyrs at Hang Duong Cemetery on Con Dao island of Ba Ria – Vung Tau province to mark 76 years of Vietnamese War Invalids and Martyrs Day (July 27).

VOV.VN - A ceremony to transfer one set of remains believed to be of American servicemen who died during the Vietnam War was held at Da Nang International Airport on June 27.

VOV.VN - Three Americans – a peace activist, a war correspondent, and a politico-military analyst – were presented with Vietnam’s medal of honor for their anti-war advocacy, healing the wounds of war, and fostering friendship between the two countries.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Deputy Minister of National Defense Sen. Lieut. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien received Kelly K. McKeague, director of the POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) of the US Department of Defense, in Hanoi on June 7.

VOV.VN - Vietnam considers the United States one of its most important partners, affirmed State President Vo Van Thuong during his reception for US Ambassador to Vietnam Marc Knapper in Hanoi on June 5.