Thứ Ba, 28/03/2017, 20:29 (GMT+7)
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Vietnamese AO victim launches her autobiography in France

Tran To Nga, a Vietnamese Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin victim living in France, has launched her autobiography on the occasion of Vietnamese Day held in Valenton, Val de Marne department of France.

The book, entitled “Ma terre empoisonee” (My poisoned land) tells the story of Nga, who lived and worked in some areas heavily sprayed with AO dioxin in southern Vietnam from 1966 to 1970 and consequently went on to suffer from effects caused by the toxic chemical.

Nga also spoke about projects that she has been working on to support Vietnamese AO victims.

In May 2014, Nga filed a lawsuit against 26 US chemical firms for producing chemical toxins sprayed by the US army in the war in Vietnam.

Francoise Labat, Vice Mayor of Valenton city, said that the city will organise more events on the issue to raise people’s awareness in the fight for justice for Vietnamese AO victims.

From 1961 to 1971, US troops sprayed more than 80 million litres of herbicides — 44 million litres of which were AO, containing nearly 370kg of dioxin — on southern Vietnam.

As a result, about 4.8 million Vietnamese were exposed to the toxic chemical. Many of the victims have died, while millions of their descendants are living with deformities and diseases as a direct result of the AO/dioxin.

(Source: NDO)

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