What does a retired 4-Star general and a former South Vietnamese soldier have in common? They fought together in the midst of Agent Orange during the Vietnam War and share the same diagnosis for prostate cancer. However, they find themselves in unequal paths today. When former South Vietnamese soldier Luc Nguyen was diagnosed with prostate cancer and non-Hodgkins lymphoma, he … [Read more...] about South Vietnamese Soldier and 4-Star US General battle Agent Orange’s deadly legacy
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Current Strategies to Address Agent Orange
Aug. 10 is marked Agent Orange Day to show support for those affected by the dioxin in Vietnam. Post this Agent Orange Day Badge to your Facebook profile to show support for victims of agent orange. Invite friends to do the same here: http://www.facebook.comMakeAgentOrangeHistory?v=app_139564296078062For further discussions on this topic, log on to www.onevietnam.org.To … [Read more...] about Current Strategies to Address Agent Orange
Agent Orange Victims: Perspectives of a Fulbrighter
This article is written by Guest Blogger Valerie Dao, a 2007 graduate of the University of California at Irvine (UCI). Valerie is currently in Vietnam, conducting research for her Fulbright fellowship in education reform. In this article, she writes about her experience with Agent Orange. The Fulbright Program is one of the most prestigious fellowships granted to a … [Read more...] about Agent Orange Victims: Perspectives of a Fulbrighter
Agent Orange: Old Problem, New Perspective
While searching for a topic about Vietnam, I ran across some articles about the Agent Orange problem in Vietnam and decided to write about it from a mathematical standpoint. For those who are not experts on the matter, here is brief description from Wikipedia: "Agent Orange is the code name for a herbicide and defoliant—contaminated with TCDD—used by the U.S. military in its … [Read more...] about Agent Orange: Old Problem, New Perspective
Congressional Report on Agent Orange in Vietnam
A few months ago, we wrote an article on what Agent Orange is and an overview of the health effects of Agent Orange on the people of Vietnam and their children. In the article, we sited a very important document, a Congressional report on Agent Orange in Vietnam. The official name of the report is "Vietnamese Victims of Agent Orange and US - Vietnam Relations" and it is … [Read more...] about Congressional Report on Agent Orange in Vietnam