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Australian Foreign Affairs Minister
Kevin Rudd Wednesday announced an addition of AU$4 million (US$4.2
million) to a fund that aids the disabled, including mine victims, in Vietnam and other countries.
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| Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Kevin Rudd bows after placing a wreath at the Long Tan Cross, a war memorial, in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province on April 13. |
According
to an announcement that Rudd made when visiting the Ho Chi Minh City
Orthopedic and Rehabilitation Center (ORC), Vietnam will receive AU$1
million from the Australian government’s additional contribution to the
International Committee of the Red Cross's Special Fund for the
Disabled.
ORC is
supported by the fund, which has received over AU$5 million from
Australia since 2006, according to a press release from the office of
the Australian Consulate-General.
During his
visit, Rudd also attended the opening ceremony of the residential center
of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) in HCMC, and
visited a memorial site for Vietnamese martyrs in the southern province
of Ba Ria – Vung Tau.
Later the
same day he met with Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, and his Vietnamese
counterpart, Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Gia Khiem in Hanoi.
Source: Thanh Nien
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