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The Vietnam-USA Society plans to mobilise more humanitarian aidand prioritise the improvement of healthcare and education, povertyreduction and dealing with the consequences of Agent Orange and warmines.
The society's meeting in Hanoi yesterday also affirmed the needto enlarge society membership with businesses and increase itsEnglish centres.
Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations chairman Vu Xuan Hongsaid he appreciated the society's contribution to developingrelations between the Vietnamese people and the US.
The society had worked hard to boost cooperation with Americanpartners, particularly organisations of American veterans, to helptrace the remains of Vietnamese soldiers.
So far, with 300 documents provided by American partners, theVietnamese authorities had located the remains of about 1,000 deadsoldiers.
The society had also mobilised its sources to help deal withsocial problems in poor and remote areas in Vietnam.
During the past six years, non-governmental partners of thesociety had offered sponsorship of about $8 million forhumanitarian activities in Vietnam.
A notable partner was the Starkey Hearing Foundation, whichoffered 4,400 hearing devices for thousands of Vietnamesehearing-impaired children at a cost of US$2.2 million.
At the meeting, former deputy minister of foreign affairs NguyenTam Chien was elected chairman for the next five years.
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