The draft resolution, proposed by five local parliamentarians, calls on the Belgian government to provide financial support for Vietnamese AO victims. Once the draft resolution is approved, the Belgian parliament will be the first European legislature to support the issue.
With the support of the Belgian government, since 2022, Haemers Technologies has carried out projects cleaning contaminated lands in some localities in Vietnam, including Bien Hoa and Da Nang.
Present at the session, Vietnamese Ambassador Nguyen Van Thao briefed the participants on policies, action programs and plans for war victims in Vietnam. The handling of AO issues needs international support, he said, lauding the Belgian government and people for their cooperation and assistance in war legacy settlement and national construction through many programs and projects.
According to the Vietnam Association of Victims of Agent Orange/dioxin, the US army sprayed 80 million liters of toxic chemicals on the South of Vietnam between 1961 and 1971. Some 4.8 million Vietnamese people were exposed to AO/dioxin, and about 3 million people became victims./.
