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U.S. starts landmark Agent Orange cleanup in Vietnam

August 20, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The United States began a landmark project last week to clean up a dangerous chemical left from the defoliant Agent Orange — 50 years after American planes fi rst sprayed it on Vietnam’s jungles to destroy enemy cover …

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: Agent Orange, Ambassador David Shear, Bien Hoa, DANANG, Environmental Protection Agency, Nguyen Chi Vinh, Phu Cat, South China Sea, South Vietnam, United States, Vietnam War, Vietnamese, poverty, technology

Agent Orange studies overlook pain of Vietnamese Americans

November 5, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Ngoc Nguyen New America Media A few years ago, my father, a former naval officer in the South Vietnamese Army, developed liver cancer. The diagnosis followed decades of struggle with hepatitis C, a viral infection he contracted through a blood transfusion during the war. A liver transplant saved his life.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2011, ARVN, Agent Orange, Agent Orange-related, Agent Orange-spraying, Arnold Schecter, Bien Hoa, Binh Duong, Census, Chicago Tribune, Columbia University, Jeanne Stellman, National Academy, New America Media, South Vietnamese Army, Subic Bay, United States, Veterans Affairs, Vietnamese Americans, Vol 30 No 45 | November 5 - November 11

Vietnam starts joint Agent Orange cleanup with U.S.

June 20, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam on Friday started the first phase of a joint plan with former enemy the United States to clean up environmental damage leftover from the chemical defoliant Agent Orange, a lasting legacy from the Vietnam War …

Filed Under: National News, World News Tagged With: 2009, Agent Orange, Bien Hoa, HANOI, Hatfield Consultants, International Development, Phu Cat, South Vietnam, State Hillary Clinton, United States, Vietnam, Vietnam Red Cross, Vietnam War, Vietnamese, Virginia Palmer

Vietnam and U.S. still in conflict over Agent Orange

May 27, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

CAM TUYEN, Vietnam (AP) — Her children are 21 and 16 years old, but they still cry through the night, tossing and turning in pain, sucking their thumbs for comfort.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, Bien Hoa, Cam Tuyen, Environmental Administration, Hatfield Associates, Health Sciences, Le Ke Son, Michael Michalak, Nguyen Van Bong, North Vietnam, Phu Cat, South Vietnam, Tran Xuan Thu, United States, Veterans Administration, Vietnam Agent Orange Victims Association, Vietnam War, Vietnamese, Vol 29 No 22 | May 29 - June 4

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