Former Japanese PM presents wheelchairs to AO victims
Former Japanese Prime Minister Hatoyama Yukio in collaboration with the
Institute of Community Health (ICH) under the Ministry of Health has
held a ceremony to present wheelchairs to Vietnamese Agent Orange/Dioxin
(AO ) victims.
At the event, which took place in the Ecopark township, Van Giang
district, Hung Yen province, about 13km from centre of Hanoi, 50
wheelchairs worth 3.98 million JPY (about US$34,000) were handed over to
AO victims from provinces nationwide, including Dong Nai, Hung Yen and
Nghe An.
This is the second time the former Japanese PM Hatoyama Yukio Office and a Japanese association has donated wheelchairs to Vietnam.
Hatoyama Yukio, who served as Prime Minister of Japan from September 2009 to June 2010, was also President of the Japan-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentary Alliance.
At the event, which took place in the Ecopark township, Van Giang
district, Hung Yen province, about 13km from centre of Hanoi, 50
wheelchairs worth 3.98 million JPY (about US$34,000) were handed over to
AO victims from provinces nationwide, including Dong Nai, Hung Yen and
Nghe An.This is the second time the former Japanese PM Hatoyama Yukio Office and a Japanese association has donated wheelchairs to Vietnam.
Hatoyama Yukio, who served as Prime Minister of Japan from September 2009 to June 2010, was also President of the Japan-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentary Alliance.
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