More foreign aid for heart surgeries for AO/dioxin victims
Representatives from Taipei’s Rotary Club on August 14 granted 400 million VND (18,800 USD) to the Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange/dioxin (VAVA)’s Ba Ria-Vung Tau province chapter to assist heart surgeries for Agent Orange victims.
Representatives from Taipei’s Rotary Club on August 14 granted 400million VND (18,800 USD) to the Vietnam Association for Victims of AgentOrange/dioxin (VAVA)’s Ba Ria-Vung Tau province chapter to assistheart surgeries for Agent Orange victims.
Chuang Wen Te, headof the Rotary Club, said this is the 17th year the club has worked thechapter in humanitarian activities. It has funded 68,000 USD and over100 million VND (4,700 USD) to aid local AO victims to overcoming theirdaily hardships.
Nguyen Van Nhan, head of the chapter said sinceits formation, the association has mobilised about 20 billion VND(940,000 USD) to assist AO/dioxin victims, adding that it collaboratedwith the health sector to give free heart surgeries worth 50-100 millionVND each to 49 AO victims.
Since the beginning of this yeareight dioxin children with congenital heart diseases have received freesurgeries, and four others are expected to get free operations in thecoming time.
On this occasion, the Hy Vong Garment Co, Ltd andthe Hai Viet Joint Stock Company operating in the southern provincedonated a total of 100 million VND (4,700 USD) to the chapter to supportheart surgeries to local AO children with congenital heart disease.-VNA
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