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News and events in Vietnam and the United States, and the history of legislative efforts to support victims of Agent Orange.

On the Passing of VAORRC Founder Merle Ratner (1956-2024)

Renowned left-wing and anti-war activist in the US and a close friend of Vietnam, passed away in New York City traffic accident.

AO/dioxin Contamination Cleanup in A Luoi

Between August 1965 and December 1970 A Luoi District was among the places where the U.S. sprayed Agent Orange most intensively.

Agent Orange Day 2022 Statement by Viet Nam Union of Friendship Organizations

Addressing pain caused by Agent Orange (AO) is not only charity, but gratitude and responsibility to the Vietnamese people.

Vietnam’s Forgotten War Victims

Vietnam’s Forgotten War Victims

By Chris Arsenault, Al Jazeera. “I met one family of victims with four blinded children, no eyes – period,” Dr Nguyen Thi Ngoc Phuong.