Post date: 09/02/2012

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Overseas Vietnamese present gifts worth nearly VND400 million to AO victims in Quang Binh province

(Quang Binh Website) - A delegation from the National Committee for Overseas Vietnamese under Vietnam’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs led by Vice Minister Nguyen Thanh Son on Feb 5 visited Quang Binh province and presented gifts from overseas Vietnamese to AO victims.

Receiving and working with the delegation were Mr Tran Tien Dung, Vice Chairman of the Quang Binh provincial People’s Committee; representatives of the Office of the Provincial People’s Committee, Department of Foreign Affairs, Department of Labour - War Invalids and Social Affairs and the Quang Binh Association for Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin.

At the working session, Vice Minister Nguyen Thanh Son presented the current situation and charitable activities of the overseas Vietnamese community around the world, presenting 302.5 million VND and 3,000 USD from overseas Vietnamese in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Lao PDR, and Mr Do Xuan Hoang, Chairman of the overseas Vietnamese association in Russia, to AO victims in the province.

On behalf of provincial leaders, Vice Chairman Tran Tien Dung expressed his great appreciation for the support from overseas Vietnamese, saying that these are valuable gifts to help AO victims overcome the difficulties they face in their lives. The money will be used to build houses and offer scholarships for students in the province.

It is known that the province has now nearly 10,000 AO/Dioxin victims. Their lives meet a lot of difficulties and mainly depend on the supporting policies from the State.

Reported by Mai Anh
Translated by NY

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