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May 15-16, 2009 Paris France
The International Peoples' Tribunal of Conscience
in Support of the Vietnamese Victims of Agent Orange
1. The People of Vietnam and People of Conscience all over the world, VERSUS The Government of the United States
2.The People of Vietnam and People of Conscience all over the world, VERSUS 37 U.S. chemical manufacturers
International Tribunal's Decision:
Executive Summary
and Press Release
Press Releases, March 2, 2009
Supreme Court’s Denial of Vietnamese Agent Orange Lawsuit Denies Justice
“It is unfortunate that U.S. courts have chosen, contrary to U.S. and international law, to deny justice to millions of Vietnamese who suffer from the spraying of dioxin-laden Agent Orange which has left several generations of victims severely sick and disabled,” said attorney for the Vietnamese plaintiffs, Jonathan C. Moore... But while this particular legal action may have ended it has succeeded in awakening an unstoppable worldwide effort to assure justice and compensation for Vietnam’s Agent Orange victims!Read Press Release. Read March 3 Statement of VAVA in English, Statement of VAVA in Vietnamese, Statement of the Vietnam Fatherland Front in Vietnamese March 4, Statement of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Associations March 6, Le Comité Français pour le Village de l’Amitié à Van Canh March 12, Press release of Association d'Amitié Franco-Vietnamien March 9, Statement of Len Aldis, British Vietnam Friendship Association, Statement of the U.S. Peace Council, ... and more.
A short visit to Thai Nguyen Provincial VAVA Chapter
A brief picture report, February 14-15, 2009
A great Agent Orange web blog spot in Spain with Emilio Astier Amigós de los afectados del agente naranja containing links to the newest 2-part TV series in Spain on Agent Orange in Vietnam, November 25 & 28 2008
Documentos TV T22: Lluvia tóxica.
The Second National Congress of the Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin (VAVA)
Hanoi, December 2–3, 2008
The Congress gathered 399 delegates, including Mr. Le Kha Phieu, Mme. Nguyen Thi Binh, Mr. Nguyen Thien Nhan, Mr. Huynh Dam, Mr. Nguyen Khoi Nguyen, and Lt. General Le Van Huan. Besides delegations from France and South Korea, the U.S. delegation representing VAORRC includes Paul Cox, Claire Tran & Jonathan Moore. Heading the delegation is Paul Cox (click to read Paul Cox's statement & Claire Tran's statement).
VAORRC delegation at the Congress
Paul Cox and Jonathan Moore addressed the Congress
The delegation is to visit VAVA chapters at Quang Ninh, Ho Chi Minh City (Mme. Dang Hong Nhut's Hoc Mon Center, Peace Village II, Thien Phuoc Center, Cu Chi), Da Nang and Soc Son during its post-Congress 5-day tour.
The Congress Hall and VAVA national delegates...
The Congress Presidium with Dr. Ngoc Phuong (3rd from left), Prof. Tran Xuan Thu (4th from left), new VAVA President Nguyen Van Rinh and Dr. Nguyen Trong Nhan (center).
Read and Hear Democracy Now! December 4, 2008
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The Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin was licensed on December 17, 2003 and founded on January 10, 2004 in Hanoi with ten members on its First National Congress. VAVA became an active member of the Vietnam Fatherland Front in 2005. VAVA is a non-profit organization with 5 departments: external relations, press & information, organization, advocacy, finance, science & administration. It has received about 86 billion VN dongs from public donation for its activities in the past 5 years.
The Second National VAVA Congress elected 87 to its National Board, and 19 to the Standing Committee. Today, VAVA has about 100,000 members in 53 of Vietnam's 63 provinces, 300 districts and 2,000 grassroot wards/communes throughout Vietnam. More to come ...
Machine shop at Hoc Mon Vocational Training Center. Credit: Claire Tran.
VIETNAM: The Secret Agent
The Human Arts Association, Green Mountain Post Films, and Producers Jacki Ochs and Daniel Keller, will screen the newly minted 16mm archival print of the 1983 documentary VIETNAM: The Secret Agent, made possible in part by NYWIFT's Women's Film Preservation Fund.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008, 6:00 P.M.
Museum of Modern Arts, Titus II (New York)
 "...excellent...a tough, angry look at the consequences of exposure to Agent Orange...a chilling issue that is effectively addressed here." —The New York Times
"...a scrupulously researched, even-handed expose about dioxin and its use (or, rather, abuse) in Vietnam." —L.A. Herald Examiner
"...one of the year's most terrifying horror films!" —Boston Globe (1983)
2008 Justice Tour: Vietnamese Women Agent Orange Victims Visit 10 US Cities, Sept 28–Nov 1, 2008
Press conference at the Supreme Court, Oct. 6 2008
The International Corporate Campaign begins!
Dow and Monsanto: Do the right thing -
Compensate Vietnam's Agent Orange Victims!
Get more info here
VFP National Convention 2008
Agent Orange Policy
&
Special Seminar on Justice for Agent Orange Victims
1:00-5:00 pm August 27, 2008, see Program
The Special Seminar on Justice for Agent Orange victims, featuring Paul Cox, Susan Schnall, Jeanne Mirer and Sandy Kelson.
August 10 2008 activities
47th Memorial Day for Victims of Agent Orange
Statement of VAORRC, VAVA activities
Vietnam: VAVA, the Red Cross, AO walks,...
France: Collectif Dioxine, Les Enfants de la Dioxine...
Phan Thi Cao, 16, a H're ethnic, travels 2 km
to
Ba Vinh school in Quang Ngai on her hands.
Read the story of a second generation victim of
Agent Orange
at Vietnam News 8/29/2008.
Agent Orange: A personal requiem
a documentary by 坂田雅子 Masako Sakata
Japanese (日本語) with English translation
The San Francisco Public Library, in association with Veterans for Peace, presents on July 10, Thursday, at 6:00 PM. The presentation will be in the Koret Auditorium of the San Francisco Library, 100 Larkin Street (at Grove).
A Dedication to David Cline
from families, comrades and friends
on
Memorial Day May 26 2008
in Pershing Field, Jersey City
Pictures by Merle Ratner
Congressional Hearing
Our Forgotten Responsibility: What Can We Do To Help Victims of Agent Orange?
10:00 AM, May 15, 2008
U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and the Global Environment
Eni F. H. Faleomavaega (D-AS) Chairman
Hearing Agenda and testimonies,
Statement of VAVA,
Speech by Dr. Nguyen Thi Ngoc Phuong and
Statement of Dr. Arnold Schecter,
Press Release May 15 2008
and Congressional Briefing May 16 2008.
More pictures at Hearing page.
Chairman Eni F.H. Faleomavaega on the Congress webcast.
Room 2172 Rayburn House Office Building.
Jeanne Mirer (IADL, VAORRC), Bill Perry (VVAW), Dr. Phuong (VAVA) & Merle Ratner (VAORRC), May 15 2008.
Vietnam VTV1 & VTV2 on the US 2nd Circuit Court opinion:
"wrong legally, ethically and morally". Picture by Nhím.
Full text of the US 2nd Circuit Court decision Feb 22 2008 &
Statement of VAVA (Feb 25, 2008) &
Press Release of VAORRC (Feb 26), Response of Vietnam Association of War Veterans (March 7), Appeal of the Peace, Friendship and Solidarity organizations of Vietnam (March 7),
Statement of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (February 29),
Statement of Global Exchange [French version] (March 8)...
Painting by Sallie Latch (San Miguel de Allende, Mexico) was made into a VAORRC/VAVA banners for 15 chapters of VAVA on a VAORRC fact finding tour December 11-January 2, 2008, from northernmost to southernmost provinces Vietnam.
January 13, 2008
A Tribute to Dave Cline
2-6 pm at Connolly's Manhattan
David Cline was a highly decorated, disabled Vietnam War combat veteran. Returning stateside he became active in the Oleo Strut coffeehouse near Fort Hood, Texas, as described in “Sir! No Sir!” the award-winning documentary about GI resistance. He served as a national coordinator of Vietnam Veterans Against the War for more than 20 years. As President of Veterans For Peace 2002-2007, he oversaw tremendous membership growth and helped start Iraq Veterans Against the War. He also co-founded the Vietnam Agent Orange Relief & Responsibility Campaign. Click for flyer and Susan Schnall's speech.
December 13, 2007 – January 26, 2008
Touring Vietnam
at different VAVA chapters and locations: Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Ca Mau, Can Tho, Tay Ninh, Bien Hoa, Bien Hung & vicinity, Dong Nai, Thai Binh, Hai Phong, Tuyen Quang, Thanh Hoa, Pleiku, Bon Ma Thuot,...
Meeting with school children in HCM City, December 22, 2007.
Meeting with AO children in Ca Mau, December 19, 2007.
Meeting with AO children in Danang, December 14, 2007.
Meeting with VAVA Danang, December 14, 2007.
Meeting with VAVA Hanoi, December 13, 2007.
November 11, 2007
Veterans Day San Francisco
with banner for victims of Agent Orange.
November 1-14, 2007
Vietnam Agent Orange
Public Health Tour
Featuring: Dr. Nguyen Thi Ngoc Phuong
a leading clinician / researcher on the effects of Agent Orange on women and children in Vietnam from Tu Du Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City
Dr. Phuong, Vice President of the Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange (VAVA) (click for her short bio and full CV) toured Washington DC where a policy of the American Public Health Association on Agent Orange (Vietnamese version) was passed on November 6 2007 and VAORRC Press Release on this historic event.
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New Agent Orange brochure is available!
Commemorate August 10, 2007
Int'l Day for Victims of Agent Orange
The first US spray in Vietnam this day 46 years ago...
One week long national activities in Vietnam,
A press statement from VAORRC ,
VAORRC Message to Hanoi Concert &
Solidarity from VVAW 40th Anniversary
Chicago, IL August 10, 2007
Second Vietnam Agent
Orange Justice Tour, June 10-28, 2007
click for Tour main page
Appeal of the Vietnam's Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin, June 1, 2007.
 Biographies of the AO delegation
Midland, MI
 Prof. Tran Xuan Thu at the dioxin contamination advisory in Midland, June 21, 2007.
US Court of Appeals Hearing June 18 2007
with international support for the Vietnamese Agent Orange victims lawsuit against the U.S. chemical manufacturers
 
Balloons outside with supporters, they packed the Courtroom,...
 
and a lot of press, AP, Reuters, TV Channel 4, 21, Newsday... Credit: Tuoi Tre, Dawn Reel.
 
Vigil in San Francisco, by Veterans For Peace, Chapter 69... See a pictorial report by Jeff Paterson.
 
Actions in Paris, France by Le Collectif Vietnam Dioxin... See more at Une Bougie pour les victimes de l'AO
 
See more photos.
Actions was held in San Francisco, New York, Portland OR, and counting, across the country, in Paris, France and in Hattingen, Germany.
"End Vietnam's Air War," by Danielle Trussoni, in New York Times Opinion, June 18, 2007.
Vietnam's Agent Orange Survivors   – 6:30 pm - Saturday, June 16, 2007 at Martin Luther King Jr. Labor Center/1199 SEIU (310 West 43rd St), New York. An evening of moving experience: Dave Cline offered Mr. Nguyen Van Quy his purple heart.
Demo at the Trocadero Square today, April 29, 2007 for victims of Agent Orange in Vietnam. Public appeal of the international lawyers concerning the responsibility of the U.S. toward Vietnam for the sprayings of Agent Orange/Dioxin on the Tenth Anniversary of the International Chemical Weapons Convention of 1997.
Founding Ceremony of the
Vietnam Chapter of the Coalition of Korean Combattant Associations
of Victims of Agent Orange – March
10, 2007 at 11:00 AM, Daewoo Hotel Hanoi, Vietnam
A historic
wedding of Nguyen Duc (victim of Agent
Orange, separated siamese twin) and Thanh Tuyen with their families
in Ho Chi Minh City, December 16, 2006. An informal gathering
of friends the next day vowed to support victims of Agent Orange
. Read story here.
Suffering and Smiles,
a photographic exhibition by Doan
Duc Minh, October 19-26, 2006 at Supreme Trading, 213 North
8th Street, Brooklyn, New York 11211, Tel. (718) 218.6538.
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Korean Victims of Agent Orange
bring their case to the United Nations and to Washington DC, August
21 – September 1, 2006. See
reports from the UN and picture
report from Washington DC.
Oslo Conference
on Dioxin, August 21-25,
2006 see Oslo (Norway) Conference
Site and current Agent Orange research
papers.
Report to
the Veterans For Peace National Convention,
August 9-12, 2006 at the University of Washington (Seattle). Read
in pdf.
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Woman with the Agent Orange story on her nails, June 18, 2007 at the U.S. Court of Appeals, New York.
James Tuong Nguyen's uncut video story of Agent Orange victims in Central Vietnam, August 20-23, 2003.
 Dioxin exposure and cardiovascular disease:
an analysis of association,
by Valerie J Brown, Environmental Health Perspectives Vol. 116, Number 11, November 2008. Click here for full paper in pdf. See also,
Study links heart disease, Agent Orange toxin, by Kelly Kennedy, Air Force Times, November 21, 2008.
 Monsanto Forced to Sell rGBH Business
After failing to gain consumer acceptance, Monsanto on Weds. 8/13/08 announced that it would sell its business of producing an artificial growth hormone for dairy cows. The company will focus instead on its thriving business of monopolizing seeds. Activists continue to fight this also.
 Arthur Galston, Agent Orange researcher, is dead at 88, by Jeremy Pearce, New York Times, June 23, 2008. And Arthur Galston, botanist, died on June 15th, aged 88, in The Economist, June 26, 2008,
Australia cancer deaths linked to Agent Orange, by Barbard McMahon in Sydney, The Guardian (UK), May 19, 2008, and Queensland Health Department rejects Agent Orange cancer link, by Sarah Elks, The Australian, May 19, 2008.
Agent Orange town, by Matthew Benns and Frank Walker, The Sydney Morning Herald, May 18, 2008: a story about Gregory Falls site, Australia, where Agent Orange was tested in 1966.
Our forgotten responsibility: What can we do to help victims of Agent Orange, US House Committee of Foreign Afairs: Subcttee on Asia, the Pacific, and the Global Environment, Eni F.H. Faleomavaega (D-AS) Chairman, May 10, 2008.
A mistaken and unjust decision, Online news of Government of Vietnam, February 23, 2008, and NYC Court Rejects Agent Orange Claims, AP reprint from Houston Chronicle, February 22, 2008.
Policy of the American Public Health Association on Agent Orange (Vietnamese version) was passed on November 6 2007 and VAORRC Press Release on this historic event. See the APHA original.
Vietnam Women's Union embraces US veteran, Sàigòn Giai phóng, in English on Vietnam Net Bridge, September 9 2007.
Agent Orange May Boost Vietnam Vets' Hypertension Risk, by E.J. Mundell, HealthDay Reporter, and U.S. vets' high-blood pressure tied to Agent Orange, by Ishani Ganguli, Reuters, July 27, 2007.
US Court: 'Pay Agent Orange victims', by Scott Lindlaw, Associated Press, reprinted by Inquirer.net, July 20, 2007.
Agent Orange disease back in spotlight, by Alexa Aguilar, Chicago Tribune, June 26, 2007.
A healing agent for Vietnam, Editorial, The University of Texas at Austin Daily Texan, June 21, 2007.
Agent Orange specimens await fate, by Don Finley, My San Antonio Express, June 5, 2007.
 Action in Portland OR on June 18 2007...
Agent Orange Still Haunts Vietnam, U.S., AP, reprinted in Military.com Headlines News, June 15, 2007.
Molecular Epidemiologic Evidence for Diabetogenic Effects of Dioxin Exposure in U.S. Air Force Veterans of the Vietnam War by
Phillip Thomas Fujiyoshi, Joel Edmund Michalek, and Fumio Matsumura, Environmental Health Perspectives Volume 114, Number 11, November 2006.
 Jude Narita's From the Heart, a one woman play in celebration of Asian and Asian American women — breaking stereotypes. June 17 3:00 PM at Queens Theater in the Park, June 19, 20, 21 9:00 PM at the Flea Theater.
TIME: The last battle of Vietnam,
by Walter Isaacson, March 2, 2007.
Agent Orange, une guerre sans
fin, by Jane Oren et Leslie
Wiener, to appear on France 5 TV, February 18,
2007 09:42 PM & February 27, 2007 at 3:00 AM. In French.
Monsanto pollueur tricheur au
pays de Galles, by Sandrine
Cochard, 20 Minutes France, February 12, 2007.
In French.
In
Vietnam, old foes take aim at war's toxic legacy,
by Anthony Faiola, The Washington Post Foreign Service,
November 13, 2006.
Agent
Orange exposure tied to ills in Vietnam vets,
Reuters, November 9, 2006, reported from American
Journal of Industrial Medicine, Nov. 2006.
Britain-Vietnam
Friendship Society calls for justice to Vietnamese AO victims,
Nhan Dan, October 23, 2006.
JOHN
JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE proudly presents an exhibition
entitled Goro Nakamura:
Silent Spring-Agent Orange, Photographs from
October 2nd-29th, 2006...
Agent
Orange study findings called flawed by
Clark Brooks, The Greenville News, September 24, 2006...
See also Air Force's
impartiality questioned and Scientist:
Study may have underestimated cancer risk to veterans,
Myrtle Beach Online, Associated Press, October 6, 2006.
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South Korean Victims of Agent Orange
bring their case to the
United Nations and to Washington DC, August 21 – September
1, 2006. See related articles from Thanh Nien, Agence France
Press... See a picture report
by VNA in front of the White House.
Cleaning up the mess,
by by Kevin Sites, Yahoo! News Hot Zone, August 29, 2006.
Symbol of fight against Agent Orange died,
by Deborah S. Morris, Newsday, Long Island, August 24, 2006.
A series of articles in The
New Zealand Herald confirmed
DNA damage among Vietnam veterans by Agent Orange exposure.
Read more... and BBC
News' Agent Orange 'caused gene
damage', July 28, 2006.
Dioxins
all around us Reports
link the chemical byproduct to cancer and other ailments—and
Delaware leads the United States in production of it and
PCBs., Delaware Online, July 23, 2006.
The Vietnam Syndrome,
Essay by Christopher
Hitchens, Photo essay
by James Nachtwey, August 2006.
Agent
Orange: a personal requiem,
DVD, 70 min, a documentary film by Misako Sakata, 2005.
Blood debt, by Sergio
Barreto (December 23, 2005), in Chicago
FreeSpeechZone,
April 22, 2006.
Santa
Fe Vietnam veteran seeks accountability for Agent Orange
use, the story of
Joan Duffy by Kay Lockridge, The
Santa Fe New Mexican, April 16, 2006.
Awakening, the story
of David Cline (in Vietnamese) by Uyên Ly & Lan
Anh, Tuoi Tre Online , April 1, 2006.
Progress
of the Korean Lawsuit,
by Agent Orange Connected Disabled Veterans of Vietnam War
of Korea, excerpt from booklet, March 27, 2006.
Two
letters, by Daniel
Shea on the International Conference of Victims of Agent
Orange, March 27, 2006.
Agent
Orange leaves stigma trail,
by Ngoc Nguyen & Aaron Glantz, Inter Press Service News
Agency: Human Rights, March 16, 2006.
Int'l
conference seeks justice for Agent Orange victims,
translated by Ngoc Hanh from Tuoi Tre Thanh Nien News, March
17, 2006.
More
than 150 scientists and organizers from 11 countries met
in Hanoi in support of victims of Agent Orange,
Tuoi Tre and Nguoi Lao Dong, March 17, 2006.
Association between Agent Orange and birth defects: systematic
review and meta-analysis,
by Anh D. Ngo, Richard Taylor, Christine L Roberts and Tuan
V. Nguyen, to appear in the International Journal of
Epidemiology, March 16, 2006.
"We
have convincing argument: Jonathan Moore,
from Tuoi Tre, February 23, 2006. In Vietnamese.
More... See News Archive...
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Madam Nguyen Thi Hong died in the Tumor and Goiter Center in Ho Chi Minh City from her breast cancer at 10:45 AM, July 20 2007.
Mme Hong among the Cuban Vietnam posters at Susan Schnall's place, June 19 2007.
Mme Hong in San Francisco, June 27 2007. 
Nguyen Van Quy died July 7, 2007 6:28 PM in Hai Phong, Vietnam. A wreath from VAORRC and 
