From British daily The Morning Star:
VIETNAM: Vietnamese authorities reported on Monday that an artillery shell left over from the Vietnam war exploded in Tay Ninh province on Friday, killing three people.Over four million Agent Orange victims still in Vietnam: here.About 38,000 people have been killed by unexploded ordnance since the end of the conflict in 1975.
Canada’s Agent Orange Victims Still Seeking Justice: here.
Agent Orange Continues to Poison Vietnam: here. And here.
New campaign for Agent Orange victims: here.
Hanoi has urged the US to release funding for Agent Orange victims at the start of the fourth annual meeting between the two countries to discuss the clean-up of areas the US military poisoned during the Vietnam war: here.
35 communist bodies found
VIETNAM: A Vietnamese military official reported on Monday that soldiers have uncovered a mass grave containing the remains of 35 communist guerillas killed during the Vietnam war.
Colonel Vo Hieu Hoa said that the Vietnamese fighters were rounded up and killed by US-backed southern Vietnamese forces after they had attacked a US air base in Vinh Long province during the 1968 Tet Offensive.
http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/index.php/news/world/the_world_in_brief__141
Comment by Administrator — April 7, 2009 @ 7:58 pm
Vietnam: Chemical companies, US authorities knew the dangers of
Agent Orange
By Jon Dillingham
August 10, 2009, was the first Orange Day organised in Vietnam — not
only to be remembered by victims of Agent Orange but to mark Vietnam’s
common pain. Those responsible for exposing Vietnamese citizens and US
troops to toxic defoliants kept silent about known health implications,
a review of documents finds.
* Read more http://links.org.au/node/1195
Comment by Administrator — August 18, 2009 @ 11:15 am
Poison parade
Vietnam: Canadian environmental firm Hatfield Consultants has revealed that new tests have confirmed extremely high levels of toxic dioxin in people, fish and soil near a former US air base.
The compound, which is best known as the toxic ingredient of Agent Orange, was stored at the facility during the Vietnam war.
The firm said that “time is of the essence” to finish cleaning up the site, which is now home to the Da Nang International Airport, where dioxin levels in the soil, sediment and fish are 300 to 400 times higher than internationally accepted levels.
http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/index.php/news/world/World-in-brief128
Comment by Administrator — September 11, 2009 @ 7:07 pm