(VOVworld) - The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations (VUFO) held a memorial service on Thursday for the Secretary of the British – Vietnam Friendship Society, Len Aldis who passed away in late November. 

Len Aldis first came to Vietnam in 1989 and was deeply moved by the plight of Vietnamese AO victims. Since then, he visited Vietnam almost every year and founded the British-Vietnam Friendship Society in 1992. He and the society organized many activities to help AO victims, helping improve the living conditions of the victims being taken care of in the Hoa Binh (Peace) Village in Hanoi, the Tu Du Hospital in HCM City and shelters in many other provinces and cities. The British activist was also involved in activities supporting poverty alleviation and education in Vietnam, as well as several friendship projects in Vietnam. Besides charity activities, Len Aldis was a leading campaigner for Vietnamese AO victims.