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50 years after the Vietnam War, why the toxic legacy of Agent Orange still haunts millions
Between 1961 and 1971, the US military sprayed over 72 million litres of herbicides in Vietnam, including more than 45 million litres of Agent Orange, contaminated with toxic dioxin. Today, over three million Vietnamese suffer health complications,
Vietnamese and US descendants of those exposed to Agent Orange continue to face diseases and congenital anomalies.
Saigon fell on April 30, 1975, bringing an end to decades of war and triggering the country’s reunification. Now one of the ...
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Commemorations of the end of the Vietnam war are happening, but US diplomats in Hanoi are not likely to attend.
When the Vietnam War finally ended on April 30, 1975, it left behind a landscape scarred with environmental damage. Vast ...
Fifty years after the end of the Vietnam War, decades of progress in addressing its legacies are coming undone.
Vietnam veteran Ron Bottomley faced hostility when returning home from war. Now 50 years later, he's battling health issues ...
Half a century after the end of America's attempt to stop South Vietnam falling to the communist regime in the north, there ...
The Vietnam War, which came to an end 50 years ago this week, has been followed by a similarly lopsided war of historical ...
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