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Welcoming the Vietnamese Agent Orange Delegation

Major links:
red dotVietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin
red dotVeterans For Peace
red dotVietnam Veterans Against the War
red dotCenter for Constitutional Right
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red dot In Memory of

We salute a liberation fighter, victim of Agent Orange,
VAVA President
and Founder,
Sr. Lt. General (Rt.)

Đặng Vũ Hiệp
(1928–4/11/2008)
Dang Vu Hiep
Condolences from VAORRC,
Veterans For Peace, and Vietnam Veterans Against the War

We remember our most beloved brother
David Cline (1/8/1947–9/15/2007)

military dot com Commemorating the Life & Deeds of Dave Cline: Veterans, Father, Fighter, Hero
Resolution of the Jersey City Council
Dave's Wall

Medal "For Peace and Friendship between Nations" awarded to David Cline by Vietnam Union of Friendship Association Peace medal
military dot com Viewing: 6-9pm Tue 9/18/2007, 2-4pm & 6-8pm Wed 9/19/2007
Memorial Service: 8-9pm Wednesday 9/19/2007
Mc Laughlin Funeral Home (click for map or call)
625 Pavonia Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07306 - (201) 798-8700
David Cline
See Lao Hong Han's Daily Kos blog September 15, 2007. Watch Jeff Machota "Dave Cline at the 35th Anniversary of VVAW"

We remember our dearest comrade
Bill Davis
(2/24/1948 – 9/5/2007)
Bill Davis at Haymarket Monument
An inspirational moment at the Monument for the Haymarket Martyrs. Bill and Joan Davis hosted the Vietnamese Agent Orange victims delegation in Chicago, IL, June 21-25, 2007. The Chicago Sun-Times Obituaries: William Hugh Davis, President of the Vietnam Veterans Against the War, National Board member of VAORRC.

Joan Duffy (?2006)
Dương Quỳnh Hoa (1930–2006)
Nguyễn Thị Hồng (1947–7/20/2007)
NTHong 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.
NTHong 3 Mme Hong among the Cuban Vietnam posters at Susan Schnall's place, June 19 2007.
NTHong 2 Mme Hong in San Francisco, June 27 2007.
A wreath from VAORRC and a letter of condolences were sent to her relatives in Dong Nai Province.

Nguyễn Văn Quý (12/13/1955–7/7/2007) Nguyen Van Quy Nguyen Van Quy died July 7, 2007 6:28 PM in Hai Phong, Vietnam. A wreath from VAORRC and a letter of condolences were sent to his family and VAVA for his funeral. Many friends in the U.S. sent their condolences. See Press Release July 9, 2007. And WBAI News special program with VAORRC & Dr. Arnold Schecter

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Picture of after effects of spraying of Agent Orange in Vietnam

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Sally Latch
A Sallie Latch new painting for an art exhibition in Mexico...

red dot 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.

Historic Policy of the American Public Health Association on Agent Orange (with Vietnamese version) was passed on November 6 2007 and VAORRC Press Release.

red dot Vietnam, March 28-29, 2006 Unprecedented! International Conference of Victims of Agent Orange from Vietnam, Korea, United States, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia with social movements from France, Germany, Switzerland, Russia and Great Britain,...
Victims Conference March 2006
Final Appeal
and Read stories...

2005 Justice Tour Appeal of the Vietnam Association of Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin, November 25, 2005

red dot November 12 - December 12, 2005
Meet Vietnamese Survivors of Agent Orange.
Help Welcome Them & Hear Their Stories!

2004 Justice TourThe 2005 Justice Tour of American and Vietnamese Victims of Agent Orange, 10 US cities...

2004 Justice Tour Biographies of the 2005 Agent Orange delegation.

red dot The Call

The Callars do not end when the bombs stop falling and the fighting ceases. The devastation continues long after, in the land and in the minds and bodies of the affected population. Today, three million Vietnamese suffer the effects of chemical defoliants used by the United States during the Vietnam War. In order to deny food and protection to those deemed to be "the enemy," the U.S. defoliated the forests of Vietnam with the deadly chemicals Agent Orange, White, Blue, Pink, Green and Purple. Agent Orange, which was contaminated with trace amounts of TCDD Dioxin — the most toxic chemical known to science — disabled and sickened soldiers, civilians and several generations of their offspring on two continents. With this campaign, we seek to fulfill our responsibility by insisting that our government honor its moral and legal responsibility to compensate the Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange. Read more.


Dr. Phuong- Dr. Nguyen Thi Ngoc Phuong: Brilliant clinician/researcher on the effects of Agent Orange on women and children in Vietnam; Chairwoman of Obstetrics & Gynecology at Ho Chi Minh City Univ. of Medicine is visiting the U.S. in May 2008. She is speaking before groups in New York City and Washington DC. Please contact us at info@vn-agentorange.org if you are interested in having her speak or helping organize her visit.

Women's Delegation from VietnamDelegation of Vietnamese Women Agent Orange Victims Visit U.S. Cities from Sept. - Oct. 2008

Including:
- 21 Year-Old Student- an Agent Orange Victim, born without legs she nonetheless attends college, speaks English fluently and is a charismatic, spokesperson for young Agent Orange victims. Hear her speak about her life growing up in Peace Village 2 Agent Orange center and her work among other children.

- Mrs. Dang Thi Hong Nhut- Veteran and former political prisoner, Mrs. Nhut was exposed to Agent Orange in a dramatic arial spraying. She suffered three miscarriages, the death of her husband, also an Agent Orange victim, and is herself affected by cancer. Her down-to-earth humor and bravery has made her a popular speaker at community events.

Organizing groups for the delegation are forming in New York City, Washington, DC, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Dr. Phuong has also been invited to address a Congressional Hearing in May. We are an all-volunteer group organizing to make this happen, but we need your support now! Please click on thermometer to donate and join organizing efforts in your area.

Our budget for this event is $26,500. We have raised over $2,000+ with more in pledges. There is a lot of excitement and commitment to bring them to at least six cities: Washington, DC; New York City; Pittsburgh, PA; Chicago; San Francisco and Los Angeles.

Your donation are tax deductible, donate today!

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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)...

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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,...
with children in HCM City
Meeting with school children in HCM City, December 22, 2007.

in Ca Mau
Meeting with AO children in Ca Mau, December 19, 2007.

with VAVA victims
Meeting with AO children in Danang, December 14, 2007.
with VAVA Danang
Meeting with VAVA Danang, December 14, 2007.

with VAVA Hanoi
Meeting with VAVA Hanoi, December 13, 2007.

November 11, 2007
Veterans Day San Francisco
Veterans Day 2007

with banner for victims of Agent Orange.
Veterans Day 2007 AO

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. Ngoc Phuong
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.
Click to watch slideshow about the effects of Agent Orange in Vietnam

 

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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
VVAW 50

Chicago, IL August 10, 2007

Second Vietnam Agent Orange Justice Tour, June 10-28, 2007
click for Tour main page

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Appeal of the Vietnam's Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin, June 1, 2007.
red dot Biographies of the AO delegation

dream team

red dot Short videos from Vietnam: "Agent Orange and the right to life" (32'40" English, 330MB) and "Những nẻo đường công lý [The paths to justice]" (30'00" Vietnamese, 303MB).

Washington DC Midland, MI
MidlandProf. Tran Xuan Thu at the dioxin contamination advisory in Midland, June 21, 2007.

Washington DC US Court of Appeals Hearing June 18 2007
with international support for the Vietnamese Agent Orange victims lawsuit against the U.S. chemical manufacturers
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Balloons outside with supporters, they packed the Courtroom,...
Solidarity Outside Appeals Court Nguyen Thi Hong speaks to throngs of reporters outside court
and a lot of press, AP, Reuters, TV Channel 4, 21, Newsday... Credit: Tuoi Tre, Dawn Reel.

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Vigil in San Francisco, by Veterans For Peace, Chapter 69... See a pictorial report by Jeff Paterson.
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Actions in Paris, France by Le Collectif Vietnam Dioxin... See more at Une Bougie pour les victimes de l'AO
ao boat vigil lights
red dot See more photos.
red dot Actions was held in San Francisco, New York, Portland OR, and counting, across the country, in Paris, France and in Hattingen, Germany.

red dot "End Vietnam's Air War," by Danielle Trussoni, in New York Times Opinion, June 18, 2007.

Vietnam's Agent Orange Survivors purple heart purple heart 2  – 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.

The Last Ghost of War
a new documentary film on the legacy of Agent Orange in Vietnam, by Janet Gardner and Pham Quoc Thai of the Gardner Documentary Group, 2007. Read details.
red dot Friday, March 28th, 2008 at The New School, 66 West 12th Street, Room 404, and a panel discussion from  6:00 to 8:00 PM. Press Release.
The film was premiered in Temple Univ. (PA), Asia Society (NY), Princeton Univ. (NJ), NYU Cantor Film Center,... and was reviewed on New York Newsday's Editorials as "Agent Orange Alert: Documentary should be widely seen" on May 7, 2007.

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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.

32 South 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.

What's New

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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.

military dot com 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.

military dot com 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.

military dot com Vietnam Women's Union embraces US veteran, Sàigòn Giai phóng, in English on Vietnam Net Bridge, September 9 2007.

military dot com 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.

military dot com US Court: 'Pay Agent Orange victims', by Scott Lindlaw, Associated Press, reprinted by Inquirer.net, July 20, 2007.

military dot com Agent Orange disease back in spotlight, by Alexa Aguilar, Chicago Tribune, June 26, 2007.

military dot com A healing agent for Vietnam, Editorial, The University of Texas at Austin Daily Texan, June 21, 2007.

military dot com Agent Orange specimens await fate, by Don Finley, My San Antonio Express, June 5, 2007.

Portland Action in Portland OR on June 18 2007...

military dot com Agent Orange Still Haunts Vietnam, U.S., AP, reprinted in Military.com Headlines News, June 15, 2007.

ehp 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.

same story Vietnam, US cooperate on Agent Orange, but scientists still divided, Asia World News, EarthTimes.org, Friday June 22, 2007 10:12:01 GMT.

same story Agent Orange report minimizes health risk at N.B. base, by Chirs Morris, CNews, Canoe Network, Thursday June 21, 2007.

New U.S.-Vietnam group tackles toxic legacy of war, by Grant McCool, Reuters, Wed June 20, 7:14 AM ET 2007.

narita 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.

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Plantation workers look for justice in the North
, by T. Christian Miller, Los Angeles Times, May 27, 2007.

Science Daily Science Daily Veterans Exposed To Agent Orange Have Higher Rates Of Prostate Cancer Recurrence, from Medical College of Georgia , May 20, 2007. iVillage Agent Orange Raises Vietnam Vets' Risk of Recurrent Prostate Cancer--Odds for aggressive tumors highest among black veterans, study found, by E.J. Mundell, HealthDay News, May 20, 2007--also printed in Washington Post.

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3 Indepth articles on Agent Orange spraying in Canada
, CBC Online, April 25, 2007.

U.S. author’s war crime book published in Vietnam, by Huu Thang, Saigon Times Daily Online, April 25, 2007.

Ohio Wesleyan University student honored for work in Vietnam, Ohio Wesleyan University Online, April 12, 2007.

With illness in common, former foes join forces , Joong Ang Daily (South Korea), April 10, 2007.

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.

32 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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