In Vietnam, the paper said it's impossible to ignore Agent Orange as its casualties are everywhere. An estimated four million Vietnamese were exposed to Agent Orange. Between 1961 and 1971 the US sprayed 80 million litres of herbicides over southern Vietnam.

In the US, the government has found ways to look after its own casualties without admitting guilt, but the Vietnamese get very little airplay and have received no compensation, the paper said.

Veterans from the US, Australia, Canada and New Zealand have obtained compensation in out-of-court settlements. Yet nothing has been given to Vietnamese people who most exposed and whose lives continue to be affected by the toxin, the paper said.

The paper added that after the lawsuit against US chemical companies in March 2005, the Vietnamese Government launched an appeal, expected to go before the US Court of Appeal in November to provide new research on genetic deformity and 26 new plaintiffs to add to the original three.