American veteran grants US$50,000 to war victims

VietNamNet Bridge – An American family has channelled US$50,000 through the US Fund for Reconciliation and Development to help Agent Orange victims in Vietnam.

The aid was made in accordance with Bob Feldman's last wishes before he died in May 2006 of Agent Orange-related diseases that he caught during his military services in Vietnam.

The sum consists of US$30,000 the US Government has paid him in compensation and US$20,000 donated by his family and friends.

The aid was handed over in Hanoi on January 29 by a Deputy Director of the US Fund, Susan Hammond, to Nguyen Duc Phan, Director of the Fund in Support of Agent Orange/dioxin Victims under the Viet Nam Red Cross Association.