Vietnam honours foreign humanitarian activists
The Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRC) on May 6 presented “For the humanitarian cause” insignia to foreigners who have made great contributions to humanitarian activities in Vietnam.
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Alejano, who is leaving the country to take up another position, said she will apply Vietnam ’s experience in order to help people in other countries where poverty and wars still linger.
In the past years, the foreign organisations have given much aid to Vietnam, for example in hygienic and environmental projects in Kien Giang, Binh Phuoc and Binh Thuan provinces, and a “cow bank” project helping border communities improve their livelihoods.
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