PANO - The fifth mobile texting program “Joining hands to ease the pain of Agent Orange/dioxin” was launched in Hanoi on August 4 by the Vietnam Association for Victims of AO/dioxin (VAVA).

Subscribers can join the campaign by texting DACAM to 1409 and each message is valued at VND 18,000, from now till the end of September. 

The press conference introducing the program

VAVA President Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Rinh held that since its launching four years ago, the program had received more than 700,000 messages (equal to over VND 12 billion). The money was then spent on building houses and rehabilitation centres, and assisting victims and their children.

At the launch ceremony, the Thang Long E-commerce Training Co. Ltd. and the Phuc Lam International General Hospital donated VND 500 million to further support AO/dioxin victims.

On this occasion, the VAVA handed over certificates to three units in acknowledgement of their contributions to popularizing the program to the public.

Translated by Van Hieu