President of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations Nguyen Phuong Nga (standing) receives Robert Stoke, former Executive Director and Senior Advisor of PeaceTrees Vietnam in Hanoi on February 26, 2019 (Source: vufo.org.vn)

During a reception in Hanoi on Tuesday for a delegation of PeaceTrees’ sponsors, Ms. Nga lauded PTVN for supporting victims of bombs and mines and their families, calling for the involvement of international volunteers in humanitarian activities in the central province of Quang Tri; as well as holding tree planting activities to restore the environment. PTVN is the first US non-governmental organization to be licensed by the Vietnamese government to search and defuse bombs, mines, and explosives. It has been operating in Vietnam for 23 years.