A seminar on use of In-Pile Thermal Desorption (IPTD) technology to clean up dioxin contamination at Da Nang Airport was held by the US Agency for International Development (USAID), in Hanoi on July 31. Ralphs Baker, Director of Dioxin/Agent Orange...
A seminar on the technical design of the In-Pile Thermal Desorption technology, agreed to be used to decontaminate the Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin still present at Danang airport, was held in the central city of Danang on Aug. 2. The event was part of...
The Association of Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin in the northern province of Thai Binh has opened a rehabilitation centre for local Agent Orange/dioxin victims. The $480,000 centre, funded by the Vietnam Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (...
Nearly 10,000 people joined a walk at Dam Sen Park in Ho Chi Minh City on August 4 to raise funds for Agent Orange (AO) victims and disabled people. This is the sixth such event held by the City’s Red Cross, aiming to mark 51 years of Vietnam AO/...
The Vietnam News Agency’s “Fund for Victims of Agent Orange/dioxin (AO)” has granted 10 houses to AO victims in 10 cities and provinces nationwide, as contribution towards Day for Vietnam AO/dioxin Victims (Aug. 10). Under the house building program...
A meeting took place in Ho Chi Minh City on Aug. 5 to commemorate the 51st year since the day when Agent Orange/dioxin began to be sprayed over Vietnam. Attended by more than 500 AO victims in southern provinces, the meeting aimed to encourage...
Volunteer doctors of the Good Samaritan Medical Ministry (GSMM) organization have provided free medical check-ups and medicines for more than 3,000 poor people in northern Cao Bang province. While staying there from July 17-27, they offered free...
Vietnam reported 15,100 hungry families in July, falling 48.8% on month and 26.8% on year, the General Statistics Office (GSO) said. During the month, the country recorded 66,400 starveling people, down 49% on month and 28.4% on year, the office...
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has said the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has agreed to provide Vietnam with $420,650 to help develop green trade and increase incomes of rural poor people. The FAO-funded...
Students from poor families will be able to delay paying tuition fees at the beginning of the new school year, while some graduates who have not been able to repay student debts will get loan extensions. Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan...
