Hi Chi and the Vietnam CPI Staff,

I am so sad to read about these last two accidents. I send my support to you guys because I know it is very difficult to see death and destruction every week. I can't even imagine having to see the devastation time after time.

I go there only about once a year and it takes me a while to recover from the reality of innocent farmers, children, and scrap metal collectors maimed and killed. I've been back here around three weeks and I am still thinking about Nghia (the 13 year-old boy who lost both feet and one hand in March) every day. It is haunting me. And his is only one case out of so many.

Sending support from here...

Always,

Joan