The US Ambassador to Viet Nam, Mr Ted Osius, on 13 September, presented gifts to Agent Orange (AO) affected children at the Viet Nam Friendship Village in recognition of the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival which will fall on 15 September .

US Ambassador to Viet Nam Ted Osius and children at the Viet Nam Friendship Village are making full-moon cakes (Source: VNA)

He said the festival offers a good opportunity for foreigners to learn about Vietnamese culture, history, people and language.

On this occasion, he talked with war veterans under treatment in the village, recalling his visits to Quang Tri Province - a fierce battlefield during the war.  He also hoped that there would be no victims of war-era bombs and mines in the locality.

The US and Vietnamese Governments have reached consensus on dioxin cleanup at Da Nang and Bien Hoa airports, and the work has been half-done.

The ambassador voiced his support for the Vietnamese Government’s policy of putting the past behind and looking towards the future.

The Viet Nam Friendship Village, about 11 kilometres west of central Ha Noi, is providing medical care, physical therapy, education and vocational training to Vietnamese children, young adults and veterans with a range of maladies, and all of they are AO victims.

(Source: VNA/ Da Nang Today)