Foreign charity organizations have given a house to Da Nang City’s Association for Agent Orange Victims to facilitate the association’s activities.
A young Agent Orange victim is taken care of by a volunteer
The association will also receive US$15,000 from the Formons une Famille each year as financial aid.
Around 4.8 million Vietnamese were exposed to dioxin with over 3 million of them eventually becoming developing symptoms, according to the Viet Nam Association of Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin.
Most of them have been diagnosed with cancer. Their children suffer from deformities due to their parents’ exposure to the toxic chemical.
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