The Vietnam Red Cross will hold a march themed, “Joining hands to take care of health and improve living conditions for AO victims” scheduled for the morning of August 7 at the Thong Nhat Park square in Hanoi. It is expected to draw 7,000 people.

The programmes are in response to the movement on “Actions for Agent Orange Victims in Vietnam” launched by the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee. They aim to call on more joint efforts from organisations and people to assist AO victims, as well as honour collectives and individuals who made contributions to helping the victims.

During the past four years, through the Action month for AO victims, the society raised VND152.7 billion to help over 50,000 AO victims each year.

The Vietnam Red Cross Central Committee also carried out a project on helping AO victims in Central Highlands and Tay Ninh provinces for 2006-2010, with a total expense of 16.3 billion VND and expanded the project for the 2011-2015 period with a total budget of VND33 billion.