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Students with a strong connection to Vietnamese culture and a passion for promoting public health are coming together through the Vietnam Health Project.
Each year, VHP, a non-profit organization, sends a group of students to Vietnam with the mission to improve the health care situation in rural areas.
A Japanese man who has been helping Agent Orange victims in Vietnam for more than 10 years is set to publish a book on the damage dioxin has caused to Vietnamese.
Nishimura Yoichi (left) shows a manuscript of his book on the damage dioxin has caused to Vietnamese to Nguyen Thi Hien, chairwoman of the Da Nang Association for Agent Orange Victims. Photo courtesy of Phu Nu Newspaper
On the occasion of the World Wide Knit in Public Day (1) Saturday, June 8, 2013, it seems shouldering to announce that the Association AD@LY at Montpellier has initiated a project of solidarity among knitters of Montpellier (France) and Dalat (Vietnam) in order to mobilize supportive hands for celebrating the marriage of the thread and needles.
So it is said! All and all in position to view the work performed as a wide wollen blanket of 300 sqm!
Indeed, to impact Women in the context of sustainable and team spirit development in the context of globalization, the World Wide Knit in public Day was launched in 2005 by Ms Danielle Landes.
The Tale of An Phuc House, which focuses on Vietnamese children living with Agent Orange (AO) problems, won the Best Documentary Film at the New York City International Film Festival that concluded on June 21 evening (Vietnam time).
Directed by Bulgaria-born Ivan Tankushev whose wife is Vietnamese, the 91-minute documentary tells a story about the lives of 20 disabled Vietnamese children who are third-generation victims of Agent Orange at the An Phuc rehabilitation center based in Ho Chi Minh City.
Morwell Vietnam veteran Colin Bermingham remembers the moment he was drenched with ‘Agent Orange’ like it was yesterday.
Agent Orange was criminal.
I am writing to add a bit of information about our government’s decision to use Agent Orange and the subsequent cover-up. In his recent letter, Mr. Meinhold documents that our Department of Defense knew they were spraying dioxin, a very, very powerful carcinogen, citing specifics from Admiral Zumwalt’s 1990 report to the VA.
In the mid-1960s, I was a support member to a team, led by a company president and comprised of scientists and lawyers, whose sole purpose was to convince the Department of Defense that spraying Agent Orange in areas that might be inhabited by humans would be criminal, a crime against humanity. We believed that dioxin was among the most hazardous substances known to man and that if “they” understood, they would abandon this idea. After several presentations at the Pentagon detailing the hazards, the team failed to convince and, shockingly, the decision was made to spray in even higher, more toxic concentrations.
by Stephen Lendman.
Fifty-one years and counting! On August 10, 1961, America began spraying Agent Orange in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. Operation Ranch Hand waged herbicidal warfare for 10 years.
Around 20,000 sorties were flown. Other spraying was done from boats, trucks, or soldiers mounted with backpacks. Over five million acres were contaminated. About 20% of South Vietnam was sprayed at least once.
The event, co-organised by the Viet Nam Association of Victims of Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin (VAVA) and several other agencies and organisations, aims to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the tragic first use of AO sprayed by US troops on Viet Nam.
VAVA President Sen Lieut Gen Nguyen Van Rinh said at a press briefing that General Giap witnessed and thoroughly understood the chemical war on the country and he was one of the first people to back the establishment of VAVA to care for AO/dioxin victims.
The European Union (EU) and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) have announced a plan of up to $1 billion in development aid for Vietnam to improve state governance, healthcare, social welfare, and agent orange/dioxin treatment between 2014 and 2020, the two organizations said last week.
On occasion of The Middle August 2011, DAVA had received the consideration of many conpanies, organizations and individuals which gave presents for agent orange children victims in Danang city. These activities helped the children having fun like normal children and encouraging them to join in society.
The Volunteers Woman Organization gave presents for children at centre 1.