Hanoi (VNA), Feb. 16 -- The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations ( VUFO ) on February 16 held a memorial service in Hanoi for US peace activist Merle Evelyn Ratner , a close friend of Vietnam, who passed away earlier this month.

The event was connected with many sites in the US, with the participation of representatives from Vietnamese ministries, agencies and organisations, and the activist's friends.

Ratner was killed by a tow truck in the East Village while crossing the street near her house in Brooklyn on February 5.

Born in 1956 in New York City , she had a special love for Vietnam. She took to the streets to protest against the Vietnam War when she was 13 years old and became famous for hanging anti-war slogans on the Statue...