Do Vietnamese know about Agent Orange chemical Attack?

The impact of Agent Orange chemical still remains today in Vietnam. Many people, especially old veterans have died. But the next generation - their children have been affected as their mothers or fathers were exposed to the poisonous chemical. As I know, many children couldn’t live and become adults because of the health problems they have. read more

“Chemical attacks” are attacks using defined chemical weapons; see the schedules of specific chemicals, and chemical families, in the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). The CWC, however, was not signed until the 1990s. The ingredients of Agent Orange were not in the CWC lists. read more

Agent Orange/dioxin was an herbicidal chemical weapon manufactured by U.S. chemical companies like Dow and Monsanto and sprayed by the U.S. military from 1961 to 1971. Dioxin is one of the most toxic chemicals known to humankind. read more