updated Tue. February 27, 2024
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Newsweek
March 8, 2018
The Vietnamese Association of Victims of Agent Orange, an organization based in Hanoi, estimates that almost 5 million people were exposed to the chemical, which the U.S. army used to burn foliage used by the enemies to take cover. Of the 4.8 million affected, nearly 3 million people in the country ofÃâà...
POLITICO Magazine
February 4, 2018
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam — On May 25, 2016, Secretary of State John Kerry took the stage at the luxury Rex Hotel in downtown Ho Chi Minh City. Earlier on their trip together, President Barack Obama had announced a major development in a project Kerry had championed: The VietnameseÃâà...
VnExpress International
July 30, 2017
The Vietnamese Association of Victims of Agent Orange believes there are tens of thousands of third-generation victims of dioxin in Vietnam, but none of them have been officially recognized, and thus are not entitled to support. The U.S. and Vietnam have yet to conduct a joint study on the health effects ofÃâà...
VnExpress International
May 8, 2017
In 2004 the Vietnamese government endorsed a class action lawsuit by the NGO Vietnamese Association of Victims of Agent Orange in a New York court against Monsanto, Dow Chemical and more than 30 manufacturers of the toxic defoliant. That was the same court that heard the only previous lawsuitÃâà...
The Independent
April 4, 2017
The Vietnam Association of Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin (VAVA) told Reuters that more than 4.8 million people in Vietnam have been exposed to the herbicide and over 3 million of them have been suffering from deadly diseases. But soon after I started taking pictures and talking to victims and theirÃâà...
The Independent
April 4, 2017
The Vietnam Association of Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin (VAVA) told Reuters that more than 4.8 million people in Vietnam have been exposed to the herbicide and over 3 million of them have been suffering from deadly diseases. But soon after I started taking pictures and talking to victims and theirÃâà...
Community journal
September 3, 2015
For this, Vetter is collecting general donations and working through the Vietnamese Association of Victims of Agent Orange (VAVA) DaNang chapter. He said there are some existing day-time centers where special-needs people can stay while their parents or caregivers work; and donations could pay forÃâà...
the Diplomat
July 4, 2014
“The consequences that it left behind are the most severe in the history of mankind,” said Ha Thi Mac, one of the deputy directors for the Vietnam Association of Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin (VAVA). Dioxin, a key ingredient in the herbicides, is linked to a myriad of reproductive and development issues asÃâà...
New York Times
September 5, 2012
Twenty-four residents of the central city of Da Nang whose blood was found to have high concentrations of dioxin were expected to travel to Hanoi this week to undergo the treatment, according to Nguyen Thi Hien, chairwoman of the Da Nang Association of Victims of Agent Orange. Last month the UnitedÃâà...
