Vietnam ‘napalm girl’ wins award

GERMANY: Kim Phuc, the “Napalm Girl” in the iconic 1972 Vietnam War photo, is receiving a €10,000 euro (£8,700) award in Germany for her peace work.

Organisers of the Dresden Prize say the 55-year-old, who now lives in Canada, is being honoured for her support of Unesco and children wounded in war, and for speaking out against violence and hatred.

Ms Phuc was nine when a South Vietnamese plane dropped napalm bombs on her village.