The US used Agent Orange for a decade during its war in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia AFP Évry (France) (AFP) A French court will on Monday hear a case against more than a dozen multinationals, accused by a French-Vietnamese woman of causing...
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Vietnam War: French court to hear landmark Agent Orange case
The toxic legacy of the Vietnam War A French court is set to hear a landmark case against more than a dozen companies that supplied the US with the notorious chemical Agent Orange during the Vietnam War. The case was brought by Tran To...
French Court Hears Agent Orange Case Against Chemical Firms
The US used Agent Orange for a decade during its war in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia A French court will on Monday hear a case against more than a dozen multinationals, accused by a French-Vietnamese woman of causing grievous harm to her...
AO/dioxin still causes sufferings for generations of Vietnamese: German daily
Bien Hoa airbase has high level of dioxin contamination (Photo: VNA) Berlin (VNA) – Fifty years ago the US stopped spraying Agent Orange (AO) through Vietnam, however, people still suffer from severe hereditary defects to this day, wrote...
Bid to make ‘ecocide’ a crime gains new momentum
Paris – Climate change, oil spills, deforestation. The injuries caused to the natural world by states and companies threaten whole ecosystems and imperil the environment that sustains life itself. But are they crimes? Many think that they...
Over 1.5 trillion VND raised for Agent Orange victims in last five years
Presenting gifts to dioxin victims (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - The Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin (VAVA) has raised more than 1.5 trillion VND (64.44 million USD) in the last five years to support victims,...