Talk (evening): “Entwined with Vietnam”: Vietnam-US Reconciliation/Partnership since 1975

Invitation from our long standing FVH member and friend – Ted Hammet

Dear Friends – For those in Vietnam, please join me and a distinguished panel for a special event in Hanoi. For those unable to attend, we plan to record the event and make it available to you afterwards. We look forward to seeing you, one way or another!
All the best,
Ted

Venue: Café Hope (Hope Coffee), 775 Bạch Đằng, quận Hai Bà Trưng, Hà Nội

Moderator/host/organiser: Theodore Hammett, a veteran of the American War who returned to work with Vietnam on HIV/AIDS and other public health issues for twenty years.

This event commemorates the 50^th anniversary of the end of the war. Speakers will incorporate stories from their lives and work to highlight the benefits of reconciliation and partnership for both of VN and the US. The dedication and resilience that were needed to achieve these benefits give hope that we will overcome the present challenges.

Reconciliation and partnership have achieved successes in many areas:

• War legacies: Unexploded ordnance (UXO) removal; Agent Orange mitigation;
• Support for people with disabilities;
• Location and repatriation of remains of missing soldiers and return of captured personal documents to families.
• Public health: HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, Covid-19.

Plenty of time for Q&A and discussion. The program will be followed by a reception with light refreshments.

SPEAKERS

• Theodore M. Hammett, Ph.D., Boston, Mass., USA., a veteran of the American War who returned to work with Vietnam on HIV/AIDS and other public health issues for twenty years;
• Khuất Thị Hải Oanh, M.D., MSc., Founder, Centre for Supporting Community Development Initiatives (SCDI), Hà Nội.

War Legacies

• Ngô Xuân Hiền, Communications and Development Manager, Project RENEW, Đông Hà, Quảng Tri– Unexploded ordnance (UXO) removal; Agent Orange mitigation;
• Hoàng Tú Anh, Vice-Director Center for Health and Population Innovation, Hà Nội–Support for people with war-related disabilities;
  Theodore Hammett— Location and repatriation of remains of missing soldiers,  return of captured personal documents to families, dialogue between Vietnamese and American veterans.

Public health

• Nguyễn Phương Lan, Public Health Expert– HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis,
• Covid-19: Phạm Thị Minh, Hope Café—Her story.

Theodore M. Hammett
119 Riverside St.
Watertown, MA 02472
617-407-7830 (Mobile)
My Vietnam memoir is available from the publisher (https://www.mcfarlandbooks.com/product/Entwined-with-Vietnam/),  Amazon, and independent bookstores. Check out my other writings (“Commentaries of An Old Fart”) at oldfartted.substack.com.

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