Japanese friends present gifts to AO/dioxin victims in Ninh Binh

It was the 11th year the association has stood by the side of local AO/dioxin victims.

On the occasion, charity group RevivAll from the United Nation International School of Hanoi (UNIS) granted 45 million VND to disadvantaged families of AO victims for house repair in the province.

Since 2002, the association has organised 1-2 trips to Vietnam each year to learn about the consequences of the chemical war staged by the US forces and share sympathies with AO victims living in need.

Ninh Binh now has 7,073 AO victims, over 5,200 of them enjoy monthly state allowances.

On the occasion of the 61st anniversary of the AO disaster in Vietnam and the Day for AO Victims (August 10), the provincial Association of AO/Dioxin Victims presented 100 gifts to poor victims, each worth 300,000 - 500,000 VND, built and repaired six houses worth 50 million VND each.

In the first half of this year, the association provided assistance to AO victims at a total value of more than 3.3 billion VND on different occasions.

Translated by Nguyen Thuy