The event started with a film on physical and spiritual pain that Vietnamese AO victims and their relatives are suffering everyday since the end of the war four decades ago.
President of the National Committee of Van Canh Friendship Village, Raphael Vahé told audiences about the building of CFV as a symbol of war healing, reconciliation and cooperation.
On the occasion, Daviot Gérard, president of the France-Vietnam Friendship Association (AAFV), reviewed AAFV activities over the last 10 years to support humanitarian projects in Vietnam.
Participants all agreed that every people should join hands to raise international awareness on the AO pain and to support the lawsuit by Tran To Nga, an AO victim who is now living in France against 26 US chemical companies.
Newspapers and books on Vietnam and Vietnam-made handicraft products were sold during the Vietnam Day in Essonne to raise funds for AO victims living in the CFV in Hanoi.