The Vietnam Association of Victims of Agent Orange/dioxin (VAVA) will convene its third National Congress for the 2013-2018 tenure and its 10th anniversary in Hanoi from December 23-24, said its President, Sen. Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Van Rinh. 

(VOV) -Vietnam and the US signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cleaning up unexploded ordnance (UXO) and landmines left over from the war on December 16.

The US-Vietnam Joint Advisory Committee on Agent Orange/Dioxin opened its eighth meeting in the central city of Da Nang on December 4 to exchange views and expand dialogue on Agent Orange/dioxin-related issues.

(VOV) -Thirty-three international NGOs are helping Vietnam overcome its war consequences.

(VOV) -Lang Son province has launched a charity bomb and mine clearance project on November 12 in accordance with the Programme 504 on destroying unexploded ordnance (UXO).

The Central Highlands province of Kon Tum has set a target of bringing home 35 sets of remains of volunteer Vietnamese soldiers fallen in Laos and Cambodia during the 2013-2014 dry season. 

(VOV) - The Belgium-Vietnam Friendship Association (BVFA) convened a European Parliament (EP) on October 18 to discuss dealing with the US military’s poisonous Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin legacy left after its war in Vietnam.

(VOV) - Mexican Labor Party (PT) Chief Alberto Anaya Gutierrez, the incumbent President of the Mexico-Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship Group, has presented 50 wheelchairs to the Vietnam Association of Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin (VAVA) on August 28.

(VOV) - The Central Highland province of Kon Tum on August 24 reburied 23 sets of remains of volunteer Vietnamese soldiers and specialists who died in Cambodia during wartime.

(VOV) - The US non-profit organisation Clear Path International (CPI) announced US$500,000 in aid has been adopted by US President Barack Obama’s administration to help victims of unexploded ordnance (UXO) left over from the war in Vietnam.

(VOV) - Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin (VAVA) Vice President Tran Xuan Thu has confirmed his organisation is gathering more evidence to continue with their lawsuit against US chemical firms later this year.

(VOV) - An exhibition entitled “Journey to justice for Agent Orange (AO)/Dioxin victims” was held in HCM City on August 9. 

(VOV) - The National Steering Committee on Overcoming Consequences of Toxic Chemicals/Dioxin (Steering Committee 33) has implemented a wide range of activities to minimise the impact of Agent Orange (AO)/Dioxin chemicals on human health and the environment over the past 14 years.

(VOV) - The Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap held a memorial and burial service on July 31 for the remains of 39 Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who died in Cambodia during the past war.

Nearly 200 items belonging to Vietnamese soldiers during the war have been returned to the country under the “Operation Wandering souls” project of New South Wales University, Australia.

Vietnamese leaders and youngsters are showing great gratitude towards fallen war combatants on the 66th anniversary of War Invalids and Martyrs Day (July 27). 

(VOV) - Around 10,000 volunteers will take part in a run for Agent Orange victims and disabled people in HCM City on August 3.

Authorities from the southern province of Binh Phuoc held a memorial and burial service on July 25 for the remains of 69 Vietnamese volunteer soldiers who had laid down their lives in Cambodia during the past wars.

(VOV) -A delegation led by Vietnam War Veterans Association Deputy Chairman Lt. Gen. Phung Khac Dang has met with US war veterans in Washington D.C on July 24.

(VOV) - A delegation of Australian war veterans will arrive in Vietnam in late July to present wartime objects back to their Vietnamese counterparts in Binh Dinh province.

(VOV) - The government of Vietnam will continue cooperating closely with the US in the search for US personnel missing in action during the war in Vietnam.

The US’s Humpty Dumpty Institute (HDI) and Norway ’s Renew Project in Vietnam have supported the victims of unexploded ordnances (UXOs) in the central province of Quang Tri through a programme named “Mushrooms with a Mission”. 

Two unexploded wartime bombs that have been recently discovered at the banks of the Red River running through the northern province of Hung Yen, have been safely disabled by disposal experts.

(VOV) - Vice President cum General Secretary of the Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin (VAVA), Tran Xuan Thu, received a delegation from the Korean Victims of Agent Orange Veterans Association (KAOVA) in Hanoi on May 22.

Vietnam has adopted a national action programme worth VND14 trillion (about US$700 million) to address the consequences of war-left bombs and mines by 2015.

Vietnam will have a national data bank for research and the treatment of victims exposed to Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin.

(VOV) -The project to decontaminate the environmental pollution caused by dioxin left at the Danang International Airport after the war is currently underway.

The Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team from the organisation Peace Trees in central Quang Tri province removed 114 explosive devices on April 22. 

The Vietnamese government has provided welfare support for over 200,000 Agent Orange/dioxin (AO) victims on a monthly basis.

(VOV) -US agencies are willing to cooperate and support Vietnam to deal with and overcome the serious consequences of Agent Orange (AO)/Dioxin.