September 21, 2017 | 19:44 (GMT+7)
VAVA, MoLISA coordinate to support Agent Orange/dioxin victims
The Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) and the Vietnam Association of Victims of Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin (VAVA) inked an agreement in Hanoi on September 20 to further their coordination in supporting AO/dioxin victims and protecting their rights and interests.
The coordination will focus on communications work to accelerate the implementation of policies towards AO/dioxin victims and joint efforts to take care of AO/dioxin victims at rehabilitation and welfare centers.
Vietnam has about 3 million AO/dioxin victims, of whom 320,000 and their children are entitled to State’s support.
Between 2017-2020, the two sides will work together to provide vocational training and generate jobs for AO/dioxin victims, helping them gain stable incomes and integrate into society, while expanding external activities to raise international community’s awareness of consequences of the toxic chemical in Vietnam, thus mobilizing their support for Vietnamese AO/dioxin victims.
VAVA President Nguyen Van Rinh said over the past time, the two sides coordinated to advise the Party and the State on policies towards people who rendered great services to the nation in general and war veterans exposed to toxic chemicals in particular.
They also tied up to organize activities marking Wounded Soldiers' and Martyrs' Day (July 27) and AO/dioxin Victims Day (August 10), he added.
Vietnam has about 3 million AO/dioxin victims, of whom 320,000 and their children are entitle to State’s support.
MoLISA suggested the VAVA contribute its opinions on revising the ordinance on national contributors, which will expand the scope of beneficiaries to those who fought in the resistance war during 1974-1975, children and grandchildren of revolutionary contributors exposed to dioxin, and policies for later generations of dead AO/dioxin victims.
Source: VNA
Vietnam has about 3 million AO victims, of whom 320,000 and their children are entitled for State’s support
Vietnam has about 3 million AO victims, of whom 320,000 and their children are entitled for State’s support
Vietnam has about 3 million AO victims, of whom 320,000 and their children are entitled for State’s support