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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.
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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 ...
On April 29 and 30, 1975, as North Vietnamese forces closed in on Saigon, U.S. Marine Corps pilots evacuated more than 7,000 ...
Vietnam veteran Ron Bottomley faced hostility when returning home from war. Now 50 years later, he's battling health issues ...
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