Senator Jeff Merkley and Deputy Director of the City Department of Culture and Sports Nguyen Thi Thanh Thuy witnessed the signing ceremony.
(Thanhuytphcm.vn) – On the afternoon of April 10, Ho Chi Minh City War Remnants Museum in collaboration with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) organized a program to sign a Memorandum of Understanding on support for exhibitions and cooperation in overcoming consequences. War at the museum. Attending the meeting were the US Congressional Delegation led by Senator Jeff Merkley, on the occasion of his working visit to Vietnam; Deputy Director of the City Department of Culture and Sports Nguyen Thi Thanh Thuy.
Speaking at the signing ceremony, Senator Jeff Merkley said that this memorandum of understanding represents the efforts of Vietnam and the United States in building peace, friendship, cooperation and development. According to Senator Jeff Merkley, the Museum is a place to highlight the pain and war left behind, and now will continue to be a place to demonstrate and present about joint cooperation activities between Vietnam and the United States in the field of war. overcome and heal the consequences of war.
Senator Jeff Merkley pledged to advocate and make more efforts for joint cooperation programs between Vietnam and the United States to support people with disabilities, especially children affected by war. In addition, it is a project to clean up the remaining land and land areas contaminated by bombs, mines and unexploded ordnance; dioxin pollution treatment…
At the program, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Ho Chi Minh City War Remnants Museum signed a contract on the design and construction of a gallery about the post-war remedial work.
Previously, in 2021, the United States Agency for International Development and the Standing Body of the National Steering Committee for Remediation of Landmines and Toxic Chemicals after the War in Vietnam (Office 701) agreed to approve a note of intent on joint communication activities to raise awareness of cooperation in overcoming the consequences of war. The gallery at the War Remnants Museum, contributes to sharing the story of post-war reconciliation efforts that are not well known to the public.
In addition, it will help the Museum build a modern exhibition space that meets international standards. The gallery, will focus on three main areas of cooperation: mine recovery, environmental remediation, and support for people with disabilities.
According to the plan, the Gallery will be inaugurated in 2025, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and the United States, the 50th anniversary of the end of the war and the establishment of the Remnants Museum. Ho Chi Minh City War.
Long Ho
Newsessentials Blog 
Posted on May 1, 2023
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