Summary During the Vietnam War in the 1960's, the United States sprayed toxic herbicides in areas of South Vietnam Herbicides were considered effective in meeting important US and allied military objectives in Vietnam Vietnamese nationals and a Vietnamese organisation representing the victims of Agent Orange brought a case before US courtHa Tinh is one of the poorest provinces in Vietnam They suffer harsh cold winters and hot dry summers The land is bad for farming and the infrastructure poor Most people scrape a living from the land and life is hard, even more so for its Agent Orange Victims of which there are ,000 inVietnamese Victims of Agent Orange and USVietnam Relations Summary Since the end of the Vietnam War in 1975, there has been a gradual warming of bilateral relations between the United States and Vietnam, culminating in the appointment of the first US ambassador to Vietnam in 1996 and granting Vietnam
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0 WASHINGTON, DC — The names of 312 Vietnam War veterans who died from exposure to Agent Orange were added to the rolls at the Vietnam Veterans War Memorial on Saturday Family members of the deceased veterans were on hand to receive a recognition plaque and place photos of their loved ones at the base of the memorial wall of Vietnam is demanding compensation from manufacturers of Agent Orange in what experts describe as a last resort for helping citizens who still fall sick or face disabilities linked to A whole generation of Agent Orange victims was born plagued with mental and physical problems that made it impossible for them to have normal lives Today, many of these Agent Orange victims live in Peace Villages, where workers care for them and try to give them a normal life – but the mutations caused by Agent Orange still affect the people and the children of Vietnam,
He is one of the thousands of Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange Pham Thi Phuong Khanh, 21, is another such patient She quietly pulls a towel over her face as a visitor to the Peace Village wardBirth defects linked to Agent Orange If you served in Vietnam or Thailand, or in or near the Korean DMZ—and your child has spina bifida or certain other birth defects—find out if your child qualifies for disability benefits In her push to have the US government take responsibility for its actions in Laos, Hammond has been well aware that it took many years for the plight of America's own veterans and their offspring to be acknowledged, and much longer still before the same compassion was extended to the Vietnamese victims of dioxin The Agent Orange Act of 1991 was passed only after a bitter 14year fight by veterans
The Agent Orange Settlement Fund was created by the resolution of the Agent Orange Product Liability Litigation a class action lawsuit brought by Vietnam Veterans and their families regarding injuries allegedly incurred as a result of the exposure of Vietnam Veterans to chemical herbicides used during the Vietnam warVeterans Exposed to Agent Orange Veterans who were exposed to Agent Orange or other herbicides during military service may be eligible for a variety of VA benefits, including disability compensation for diseases associated with exposure Your dependents and survivors also may be eligible for benefits "Agent Orange" refers to a blend of tactical herbicides the US militaryThe Vietnam Agent Orange Relief & Responsibility Campaign, for which I serve as cocoordinator, assisted Lee in drafting the bill "The United States has a moral responsibility to compensate the victims of the Agent Orange campaign," Lee told Truthout "In the same way we are focused on beginning to repair the damage of systemic racism in
US veterans receive some compensation from the US government, but very little assistance has been given to the Vietnamese people, the intended victims of the defoliant Agent Orange Thus, on Rep Barbara Lee (DCalifornia) introduced HR 3518, the Victims of Agent Orange Relief Act of 21, in the House of RepresentativesAmong the Vietnamese, exposure to Agent Orange is considered to be the cause of an abnormally high incidence of miscarriages, skin diseases, cancers, birth defects, and congenital malformations (often extreme and grotesque) dating from the 1970sThe government of Vietnam says that up to four million people in Vietnam were exposed to the defoliant, and as many as three million people have suffered illness because of Agent Orange, while the Red Cross of Vietnam estimates that up to one million people were disabled or have health problems as a result of exposure to Agent Orange
Vietnam commemorates Day for Victims of Agent Orange /Dioxin (VOVWORLD) An online photo exhibition and seminar themed "Aspiration to rise" opened on Sunday evening in Hanoi to mark the Day for Victims of Agent Orange /dioxin in VietnamVAVA has passed 04 National Congress 1 in Hanoi The Forgotten Victims of Agent Orange This New York Times article, coauthored with Richard Hughes, confronts the lack of recognition and reparations for the Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange Phan Thanh Hung Duc, , lies immobile and silent, his midsection covered haphazardly by a white shirt with an ornate Cambodian temple design
Millions of people were exposed to Agent Orange and today it is estimated that three million Vietnamese still suffer the effects of these chemical defoliants Advertisement In addition to the millions of Vietnamese who continue to be affected by this deadly poison, tens of thousands of US soldiers are also affected Le Van Dang, the head of the Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin (VAVA) chapter in Quang Tri province, is frustrated by the lack of compensation and support for Vietnamese victims The Vietnam Association of Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin (VAVA) told Reuters that more than 48 million people in Vietnam have been exposed to the herbicide and over 3 million of them have been
VAVA has the role of protection of legitimate rights and interests for Vietnamese Agent Orange/dioxin victims VAVA has 2 main tasks To mobilize all resources to take care and support victims of Agent Orange and to struggle for justice for Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange;Barbara Lee Introduces Bill to Help Vietnamese Victims of Agent Orange Print This Post The Vietnam War ended in 1975, but Vietnamese people today continue to suffer the effects of Agent Orange, the deadly dioxincontaining chemical weapon that the US sprayed over 12 percent of South Vietnam from , poisoning both the people and the land The plaintiffs included the Vietnam Association for the Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin (VAVA) and several individuals who were ill or had suffered illnesses due to exposure to agent orange The primary claim was that the use of agent orange violated the Hague Regulations of 1907 which prohibited the use of poison or poisoned weapons in war
(5) Agent Orange exposure continues to negatively affect the lives of veterans of the United States Armed Forces, Vietnamese people, VietnameseAmericans, and their children The lives of many victims are cut short and others live with disease, disabilities, and pain, often untreated or unrecognized Agent Orange was a powerful herbicide used by US military forces during the Vietnam War to eliminate forest cover and crops for North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops The US program, codenamedVietnamese victims filed a lawsuit in 04 against the chemical companies that manufactured Agent Orange In 08, US District Judge Jack Weinstein, who had also presided over the US veterans' lawsuit, dismissed the case brought by the Vietnamese people, concluding that Agent Orange did not constitute a poison weapon prohibited by the
The Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange / Dioxin aims at protecting the rights of victims of Agent Orange and is the legal representative of the Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange in relations to domestic and international organizations and individuals German Communist Party expresses support for Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange A 79yearold FrenchVietnamese woman filed a historic lawsuit against multinationals that produced and sold a toxic herbicide dubbed as "Agent Orange" used by US troops during the war in Vietnam The Communist Party of Germany (DKP) declared its unity and But now the Vietnamese government demands that Monsanto pay compensation to the victims of Agent Orange Agent Orange is a toxic chemical that Monsanto had helped manufacture for the US military during the Vietnam War, and is reportedly responsible for the birth defects and diseases of many of the country's citizens
Descendants of the approximately 2to4 million Vietnamese people, hundreds of thousands of US Vietnam veterans and VietnameseAmericans who were exposed to the toxin continue to record disproportionate rates of congenital disabilities and higher rates of many diseases US veterans receive some compensation from the US government, but very littleAgent Orange Victims & Widows Support Network Inc February 21 In Loving Memory of a great Friend Gerald McCullar you will be missed by all 4 National Alliance of Families for the Return of American Missing Servicemen February 21 It is with great sadness the Alliance announces that POW/MIA activist Gerald McCullar passed away last US veterans receive some compensation from the US government, but very little assistance has been given to the Vietnamese people, the intended victims of the defoliant Agent Orange Thus, on Rep Barbara Lee (DCalifornia) introduced HR 3518, the Victims of Agent Orange Relief Act of 21 , in the House of Representatives
Two weeks before the introduction of Lee's bill, a French court dismissed a lawsuit that Tran To Nga, a FrenchVietnamese victim of Agent Orange, filedAgent Orange Coordinator Paul Cox, paulcox0@comcastnet Visit the project website Mission The Vietnam Agent Orange Relief and Responsibility Campaign is an initiative of US veterans, Vietnamese Americans, and all concerned about peace and justice We insist our government honor its moral and legal responsibility to provide assistance to all AO victimsVietnamese, US Vietnamese Agent Orange/Dioxin victims persistently seek justice (VOVWORLD) , marks 60 years since the US army began spraying Agent Orange/Dioxin in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum, the worst chemical warfare ever seen in Vietnam Some 48 million Vietnamese were directly exposed to the toxic chemical and more than 3
In 04, both US veteran and Vietnamese victims sued the chemical companies who knowingly manufactured Agent Orange and other herbicides, which they knew contained an unnecessary but lethal amount of dioxin The victims were prevented from suing the US government because of the doctrine of sovereign immunityVietnamese Victims of Agent Orange and USVietnam Relations Congressional Research Service Summary Since the end of the Vietnam War in 1975, there has been a gradual warming of bilateral relations between the United States and Vietnam, culminating in Agent Orange victims are also among the most visually disturbing consequences of the Vietnam War Few who look at photographer Philip Jones Griffiths's powerful book of photographs "Agent Orange 'Collateral Damage' in Vietnam" have the stomach to do so twice It is easier to keep one's distance, to not look at all
Unlike the effects of another chemical weapon used in Vietnam – namely napalm, which caused painful death by burns or asphyxiation – Agent Orange exposure did not affect its victims immediately Two weeks before the introduction of Lee's bill, a French court dismissed a lawsuit that Tran To Nga, a FrenchVietnamese victim of Agent Orange, filed in A group of Vietnamese and American victims of Agent Orange converged at the Vietnam War memorial here Monday to highlight the plight of those exposed to the highly toxic herbicide in the bloody war "The victims of Agent Orange not only suffer from its effects but pass on the problem to future generations," said Nguyen Trong Nhan, a former
Vietnamese Agent Orange Victims Sue Dow and Monsanto in US Court By Ngoc Nguyen and ron Glantz The American war in Southeast Asia featured the most widespread use of chemical warfare since World War I Earlier, the British had resorted to chemicals in their colonies, Italy did so in Ethiopia, and Japan in China in the 1930s and 1940sThese were lethal On a FrenchVietnamese woman and victim of Agent Orange brought a case against 14 chemical giants before a French court to seek damages for the harmful effects herbicides have had on her
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