3,000 people walk to support AO/Dioxin victims
August 07, 2017 1:00 PM GMT+7
VGP - A charity walk to call for support for Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin victims and disabled people was organised in Ha N oi on August 6, attracting 3,000 people.
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The event was held by the National Charity Club, Incom Media Company and the Vietnam Young Technological and Scientific Intellectuals Association on the occasion of the Agent Orange Day (August 10).
Currently, about 70% of families of AO/Dioxin victims are poor, 22% of them have more than 3 victims and 90% of affected people are unemployed.
The walk started at the national stadium, going though Le Duc Tho, Ho Tung Mau, Pham Hung and Nguyen Hoang streets with state employees and students in attendance.
The event aims to raise the public awareness about AO disaster in Viet Nam and mobilize more resources to support the victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin.
By Vien Nhu
