Help the victims of Agent Orange to overcome difficulties caused by diseases and poverty.Īt present, most of the sprayed land has been cleaned up.Prevent birth defects by close antenatal care with ultrasonography and blood tests.Treat diseases and cancers in people who have been affected by dioxin.Clean up dioxin - contaminated lands and replant the mangrove and inland forests.That tragedy has been existing for more than 40 years after the war, and illness caused by Agent Orange which has been transmitted to the 3rd generation (the grandchildren) and we do not know when it will finish.įacing this situation, immediately after the war, with the help and support from international friends, including Japanese friends, Vietnamese people made every effort to deal with the effects of Agent Orange/Dioxin. There is even a family with 12 among 15 children died of Agent Orange. They are the poorest and hardest families in society. There are many families where the mother has to take care of sick father as well as 2-3 children unable to serve themselves. Many women can not become wife and mother. The rest of them are struggling with cruel diseases or having malformations and deformities. has caused serious consequences for the people of Vietnam: More than 3 million hectares of forest were destroyed, more than 22,000 villages directly sprayed 4,8 million people were directly exposed to toxic chemicals, of which more than 3 million people have been suffering from dangerous diseases, especially cancers and malformations. The chemical warfare conducted by the U.S.
DIOXIN, whose chemical formula is 2,3,7,8 tetra-chloro-dibenzo-para-dioxin or 2,3,7,8 TCDD for short - Figure 1.