A fundraising app for victims of Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin was launched by the Vietnam Association of Victims of AO/dioxin (VAVA) during a ceremony on October 6.
At Hoa Binh village in Ho Chi Minh City, which is home to AO-infected children - Illustrative image (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - A fundraising app forvictims of Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin was launched by the Vietnam Association ofVictims of AO/dioxin (VAVA) during a ceremony on October 6.
VAVA Vice President Nguyen Van Khanh said that fundraisingin recent times has faced many hardships, especially given the impact of theCOVID-19 pandemic. The VAVAPlus app features the voices of AO/dioxinvictims, honours donors, and connects victims with domestic and foreign supporters. It also features an e-commerce platform to helpAO/dioxin victims around the country sell products, in a bid to create sustainablelivelihoods. Some 80 million VND (3,450 USD) was raised at thelaunching ceremony. The app’s launch also marks 60 years of the AO disasterin Vietnam (August 10, 1961 - 2021), VAVA President Nguyen Van Rinh said. He called on organisations and individuals at homeand abroad to broaden their support for victims through the freshly-launchedapp. The US army sprayed some 80 million litres of toxicchemicals, 61 percent of which was Agent Orange and contained 366 kilos ofdioxin, over nearly a quarter of southern Vietnam’s total area from 1961 to 1971. Figures show that 4.8 million Vietnamese people wereexposed to AO/dioxin and about 3 million people became victims. Tens ofthousands have died while millions of others have suffered from cancer andother incurable diseases as a consequence of exposure. Many of their offspring sufferedbirth deformities./.
The Vietnam Association of Victims of Agent Orange (AO)/Dioxin (VAVA) sent an open letter on April 9 calling for support to an AO victim’s lawsuit against 26 US chemical companies that produced the chemical toxins sprayed by the US army in the war in Vietnam.
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The Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin (VAVA) and the Japan Council against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs (Gensuikyo) inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation in Hanoi on November 20.
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At Hoa Binh village in Ho Chi Minh City, which is home to AO-infected children - Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) 
