Ford Foundation helps settle AO problems

The Ford Foundation will give US $7.5 million to carry out Agent Orange recuperation programmes in Vietnam on the next two years, said Dr. Charles Bailey, Head of the Ford Foundation office in Hanoi.

The Ford Foundation official announced the sum while he met with Deputy Foreign Minister Le Van Bang in Hanoi to mark the end of his 10-year term of office in Vietnam.

Bailey praised the effective cooperation of the Vietnamese Government and partners in the implementation of Ford Foundation-funded projects and programmes.

Deputy FM Bang announced that the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry decided to present Bailey with the insignia “For the cause of Foreign Affairs”.

Bang highly appreciated Bailey’s great contributions in mobilising capital sources for humanitarian and development projects and programmes over the past decade, especially his work with Agent Orange in the country.

The Deputy FM expressed his belief that in his new position as Director of the US Special Initiative on the Agent Orange/Dioxin fund, Bailey would continue to work tirelessly for victims and in particular AO child victims.

Source: VNA