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04-27-2010, 11:38 AM
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It Ain't Coca-cola, It's AGENT ORANGE
Vu Viet Giang, 28, works at a job training center in Thai Binh Province that is run by the Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin. Giang, who is the size of a 10-year-old, says he knows very little about the war except that his father was affected by the herbicides. ![]() Tram Thi Shu, 43, holds her son Ho Cong Duc, 6, at their house in Quang Nam Province in south central Vietnam. Duc, who looks much younger, has severe respiratory problems as well as developmental issues. Shu's husband, Ho Cong Ut, 45, is at left. Shu says she remembers being sprayed by Agent Orange during the Vietnam War. "I remember seeing the plane fly over the back of my head," she said. "After it left, the leaves of the trees fell down, and we were wet because of the spray." ![]() ![]() Children suffering from mental and physical disabilities are seen in Thien Phuoc Center for Handicapped Children in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The center accommodates about 50 children, including some suffering the consequences of exposure to Agent Orange and other herbicides used by the U.S and South Vietnamese military during the war. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Tran Huynh Thuong Sinh, who was born without eyes, is checked by a nurse in Peace Village, an international charity organization located at Tu Du Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City. The hospital is home to children born with deformities that Vietnam blames on exposure to toxic herbicides used during the Vietnam War. ![]() Specimens of deformed babies are preserved in Peace Village, an international charity organization located at Tu Du Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. |