Justice for Vietnamese AO Victims
Sign for Vietnamese AO victims

Another delegate from Agent Orange lawsuit dies

Nguyen Thi Hong, a member of the delegation of Vietnamese Agent Orange victims at the US court of appeals hearing on June 18, died on the morning of July 20 at Ho Chi Minh City's ulcer and tumour hospital.

British man still seeking justice for Vietnamese AO victims

Nhan Dan Online - Len Aldis, secretary of the Britain-Vietnam Friendship Society, has made another move in his tireless efforts in support of Vietnamese Agent Orange victims. In a recently completed video, he calls for stronger help from people around the world to campaign for justice for the Vietnamese victims.

Witness of Agent Orange lawsuit passes away

One of the four members of the delegation of Vietnamese Agent Orange victims, who attended the hearing at the US court of appeals on June 18, has passed away.

Len Aldis, Secretary of the Britain-Vietnam Friendship Society, has expressed strong support for a fight for justice of Vietnamese Agent Orange/Dioxin victims and called for international support for the victims.

The US Court of Appeals on June 18 held oral arguments on the appeal filed by Vietnamese AO/Dioxin victims in their lawsuit against 37 US producers and suppliers of toxic chemicals which cause durable harms on environment and people’s health in Vietnam.

Influential US Senator and Vietnam war veteran Chuck Hagel said that the consequences of Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin sprayed by US troops during the war are far reaching and must be resolved soon.  

AO victims meet American war veterans in New York
RoK's veterans support lawsuit by Vietnamese AO victims
Online show in support of AO victims starts

A delegation of Vietnamese Agent Orange victims, led by Tran Xuan Thu, Vice President and General Secretary of the Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin (VAVA), met with 150 American friends including many war veterans in New York on June 16.

Fatherland Front calls for support for Vietnamese AO victims
AO victims’ receive US public support
World Peace Council backs Vietnamese AO victims

The Presidium of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee has appealed to people globally along with governments and organisations to support the Vietnamese Agent Orange victims in their lawsuit against 37 US chemical producers.

Lawyers voice support for AO victims
Some images of the chemical war and Agent Orange victims
 

Vietnamese lawyers gathered in Hanoi on June 14 to affirm their support for Agent Orange victims in their lawsuits against US chemical companies.

Living victims need to be compensated: Daniel J. Shea

Daniel J. Shea, a veteran who served in the United States Marine Corp in the 1968-1969 period in the war in Vietnam said that their deaths, including his son required justice and the living victims needed to be compensated and we all must work to end the insanity of war. “we all must work to end the insanity of war,” he stressed.

Hanoi, June 1, 2007

Web show for the support of AO victims to kick off

An on-line choral programme will be held on June 17 to support Agent Orange (AO) victims, one day before the first oral argument of a lawsuit filed by Vietnamese AO sufferers is heard before the US Court of Appeals in New York.

The voices of truth and conscience

* Tran Xuan Thu, Vice-President and General Secretary of VAVA and head of the Vietnam Agent Orange victim delegation to attend the oral argument on June 18: Justice and equality will become to Vietnamese victims.

Len Aldis becomes honourary member of VAVA

For the Vietnamese Agent Orange victims’ right to live

Nhan Dan - According to US procedural law, the US 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in New York is set to hear litigation in the lawsuit brought by Vietnamese Agent Orange victims against the US chemical companies which produced Agent Orange and supplied to the US army during the war in Vietnam. Not only the Vietnamese victims but also justice waits for the judicial verdict by the US court following the oral argument. Tran Dinh Chinh writes.

The Vietnam Agent Orange victim delegation arrived in San Francisco in the US on June 10 to attend the first oral argument for a lawsuit before the US Court of Appeals scheduled on June 18. The delegation includes:

After June 18, what next?

The tragic event of 11^th September 2001 will long be remembered by the families and friends of those killed by the criminal attack on the twin towers in New York.  Yet let us not forget another crime - a war crime - that took place over a ten-year period from 1961 - 1971.  This was carried out by US Forces by their use of chemical weapons and in particular Agent Orange.

Four Agent Orange victims to attend oral argument
Agent Orange online petition collects over 700,000 signatures

As many as four Vietnamese Agent Orange victims have left Vietnam for the US to attend the first oral arguments for a lawsuit filed by Vietnamese AO victims before the US Court of Appeals scheduled on June 18.

Agent Orange victims leave for US for lawsuit
Central provinces assisted to clean dioxin-poisoned areas
US television discusses consequences of Agent Orange

Four Agent Orange victims left for the US on June 9 to attend the first oral argument of a lawsuit filed by Vietnamese AO victims before the US Court of Appeals in New York, scheduled on June 18.