March in France seeks support for Vietnamese AO victims
Vietnamese expatriates in France joined locals in a march on May 1 to call for support for Vietnamese people who suffer physical and mental pain caused by Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin sprayed by the US army during the war in Vietnam.
Paris (VNA) – Vietnamese expatriates in France joined locals in a march on May1 to call for support for Vietnamese peoplewho suffer physical and mental pain caused by Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin sprayed by theUS army during the war in Vietnam.
Launched by various French trade unions, the event also aimed raise publicawareness of the AO/dioxincatastrophe as well as the consequencesfor Vietnamese people.
French peoplewere deeply shocked by photos of Vietnamese AO victims with serious defects and disabilities. They expressed their sympathy and signed a petition askingUS chemical firms to compensate the victims.
Talking to France-based Vietnam News Agency (VNA) correspondents, Vo Dinh Kim, Coordinatorof the Collectif Vietnam Dioxine, said about 20 volunteers of the group joinedin the march to collect hundreds of signatures for the petition.
Apart from spreading information about the long-term and serious consequences causedby the toxic substance, the group also informed French people about the lawsuitfiled by Vietnamese-French citizen Tran To Nga, against US chemical firms, he said.
Kim added that the Collectif Vietnam Dioxine groups 15 social organisations, includingthe Republic Association of Former Combatants and Victims of War, the French Friendship Committee for Van Canh Peace Village and the Unionof Vietnamese Students inFrance, among others.
Since 2004, the group has launched many programmes to shine light on consequencescaused by AO agent/dioxin among the community to seek internationalsupport for the victims.-VNA
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A view of the march (Source: VNA) 
