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Sixty years ago, the United States sprayed approximately 19 million gallons of 15 different herbicides, collectively known as Agent Orange, over Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. Between 2.1 and 4.8 million Vietnamese were exposed during the spraying and many more continue to be exposed through the environment. Agent Orange exposure continues to negatively affect the lives of men and women in Vietnam and in the United States. Agent Orange exposure is associated with cancers, immune deficiencies, reproductive illnesses, and severe birth defects in Vietnamese, American, and Vietnamese Americans directly exposed as well as their children and grandchildren.

Featured presenter: Dr. Nguyen Thi Ngoc Phuong

Dr. Nguyen Thi Ngoc Phuong is a leading physician/researcher on the effects of Agent Orange/dioxin on women and children in Viet Nam.  Dr. Phuong is a gynecologist/obstetrician, past chairwoman of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Ho Chi Minh City University of Medicine and Pharmacology.  Dr. Phuong has studied, researched, and published extensively on the deleterious effects of Agent Orange on the people of Viet Nam. During the war she personally witnessed the births of babies born with severe birth defects to mothers sprayed by the chemicals. Dr. Phuong chaired the Vietnam-US Friendship Association in Ho Chi Minh City and was on the executive board of the HCMC Association of Agent Orange Victims.

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On May 25, 2021 Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) introduced H.R. 3518, the Victims of Agent Orange Relief Act of 2021, in the House of Representatives. “The United States has a moral responsibility to compensate the victims of the Agent Orange campaign. In the same way we are focused on beginning to repair the damage of systemic racism in the form of reparations, and the war on drugs with restorative justice, it is also our responsibility to try and atone for this disgraceful campaign during the Vietnam War.” We will discuss an overview of the use of Agent Orange/dioxin in southeast Asia, studies on the deleterious impact of the chemicals when sprayed directly on the Vietnamese and US troops, transgenerational harm on the children born to US soldiers and Vietnamese, including the VFP campaign on HR 3518.

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]]> VAORRC Agent Orange Webinar hosted by World Beyond War https://vn-agentorange.org/agent-orange-webinar-mar-25-2021/ Thu, 25 Mar 2021 22:18:26 +0000 https://vn-agentorange.org/?p=6373 Agent Orange: Lasting Legacy of the Vietnam War, informs us about ongoing effects of herbicide used in Vietnam. The damage to to the environment in Vietnam is still widespread.

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Hosted by World Beyond War and presented by VAORRC, this webinar, Agent Orange: Lasting Legacy of the Vietnam War, informs us about ongoing effects of herbicide used in Vietnam. The damage to to the environment in Vietnam is still widespread. In addition, the damage to the health of those exposed is an ongoing public-health disaster for Vietnamese, US veterans and their children and for Vietnamese Americans. Please take the time to learn about this legacy of war.

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]]> Namaya on Agent Orange and UXO https://vn-agentorange.org/namaya-on-agent-orange-and-uxo/ Fri, 14 Aug 2020 07:37:29 +0000 https://vn-agentorange.org/?p=5433 Veterans For Peace 2020 National Convention Workshop on Agent Orange.

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Veterans For Peace 2020 National Convention Workshop on Agent Orange

Namaya, MIA, MSN, D.Sci, is an internationally renowned poet, artist, who creates art and community building projects for peace. His expertise is creating community peace building art projects internationally. He is a veteran, served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Yemen, and is a lifelong peace activist. He has presented art and performance projects “Memoria. Hablar. Dignidad.” at human rights centers Villa Grimaldi in Santiago and other peace building projects around the globe. His art work has appeared in shows in San Miguel A llende and peace centers internationally. He was in Vietnam in 2020 for an art and writing residency called “Vietnam: Journey to Forgiveness”. During that residency he designed a project “Do Not Forget Me: A Journey to Forgiveness.”

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]]> Vietnamese Victims of Agent Orange, presented by Paul Cox https://vn-agentorange.org/paul-cox-vietnamese-victims-ao/ Fri, 14 Aug 2020 07:12:30 +0000 https://vn-agentorange.org/?p=5421 Veterans For Peace 2020 National Convention Workshop on Agent Orange.

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Veterans For Peace 2020 National Convention Workshop on Agent Orange

Paul Cox was a US Marine in Vietnam during the US war. He is a lifetime member and Coordinator of Veterans For Peace’s Agent Orange Project. He is a member of the San Francisco, CA Chapter 69 and Hoa Binh, Vietnam Chapter 160.

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]]> Heather Bowser, COVVHA, on Agent Orange and UXO https://vn-agentorange.org/presentation-by-heather-bowser/ Fri, 14 Aug 2020 06:50:35 +0000 https://vn-agentorange.org/?p=5407 Veterans For Peace 2020 National Convention Workshop on Agent Orange.

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Veterans For Peace 2020 National Convention Workshop on Agent Orange

Heather Bowser is on the Board of Directors of the Children Of Vietnam Veterans Health Alliance (COVVHA). Visit for more info covvha.net

Heather is the daughter of a deceased Vietnam Veteran who served in the United States Army in Vietnam from 1968-1969. Heather was born two months premature with multiple birth defects. … She is a founder of Children of Vietnam Veterans Health Alliance, an advocacy group for the offspring of Vietnam Veterans.

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]]> Chuck Searcy on Agent Orange and UXO https://vn-agentorange.org/chuck-searcy-vfp-2020/ Fri, 14 Aug 2020 03:28:21 +0000 https://vn-agentorange.org/?p=5396 Veterans For Peace 2020 National Convention Workshop on Agent Orange.

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Veterans For Peace 2020 National Convention Workshop on Agent Orange

Chuck Searcy is a Vietnam War veteran and founding member of VFP Chapter 160 in Vietnam, and an International Advisor for Project RENEW in Quang Tri Province, working on making the province safe from wartime bombs and landmines. He is a past representative of Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, and is active in the NGO Disability Agent Orange Working Group in Viet Nam.

Searcy was awarded Vietnam’s National Friendship Medal, the highest medal presented to non-Vietnamese citizens by the state of Vietnam.

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]]> Susan Schnall on Agent Orange and UXO https://vn-agentorange.org/susan-schnall-ao-uxo-vfp-2020/ Fri, 14 Aug 2020 03:18:16 +0000 https://vn-agentorange.org/?p=5387 Veterans For Peace 2020 National Convention Workshop on Agent Orange.

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Veterans For Peace 2020 National Convention Workshop on Agent Orange

While on active duty during the Vietnam War, Lt. Susan Schnall dropped antiwar leaflets over five military installations and an aircraft carrier from a small plane flying over the San Francisco Bay Area. Afterward, she held a press conference, and lead a mass peace march while in uniform. She’s been resisting war ever since.

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]]> Unexploded Bombs in Vietnam Panel, George Washington Univ., DC https://vn-agentorange.org/unexploded-bombs-in-vietnam-panel-george-washington-univ-dc/ Sat, 16 Nov 2019 05:22:35 +0000 https://vn-agentorange.org/?p=1033 Discussion on the continuing deadly problem of unexploded bombs that were dropped by the U.S. military during the Vietnam War.

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This program was a discussion on the continuing deadly problem of unexploded bombs that were dropped by the U.S. military during the Vietnam War. Panelists included environmentalists, a Vietnam veteran, and several staff members from Project Renew, a Vietnam-based educational and bomb removing organization. This program was part of a conference in Washington, DC hosted in conjunction with the “Waging Peace in Vietnam” traveling exhibit.

Watch the video at CSPAN

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]]> Legacy of Vietnam War Agent Orange Panel at George Washington Univ., DC https://vn-agentorange.org/legacy-of-vietnam-war-agent-orange-panel-at-george-washington-univ-dc/ Sat, 16 Nov 2019 05:00:48 +0000 https://vn-agentorange.org/?p=1030 A panel of activists and Agent Orange victims discussed and showed images of the effects and continuing health problems associated with the toxic chemical defoliant used during the Vietnam War.

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A panel of activists and Agent Orange victims discussed and showed images of the effects and continuing health problems associated with the toxic chemical defoliant used during the Vietnam War.

This discussion was part of a conference in Washington, D.C., hosted in conjunction with the “Waging Peace in Vietnam” traveling exhibit.

Watch at CSPAN

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]]> Vietnam Vets Return to My Lai https://vn-agentorange.org/vietnam-vets-return-to-my-lai/ Fri, 16 Mar 2018 21:40:31 +0000 https://vn-agentorange.org/?p=1157 VAORRC board members Susan Schnall and Paul Cox on Democracy Now!

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VAORRC board members Susan Schnall and Paul Cox on Democracy Now!

Fifty years ago, on March 16, 1968, U.S. soldiers attacked the Vietnamese village of My Lai. Even though the soldiers met no resistance, they slaughtered more than 500 Vietnamese women, children and old men over the next four hours, in what became known as the My Lai massacre. After the massacre, the U.S. military attempted to cover up what happened. But in 1969 a young reporter named Seymour Hersh would reveal a 26-year-old soldier named William Calley was being investigated for killing 109 Vietnamese civilians. Today, memorials have been held in My Lai to mark the 50th anniversary of this horrific attack.

Transcript available at Democracy Now!

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