Hundreds of people gathered in Paris on January 30 to show their support for Vietnamese Agent Orange/dioxine victims after a litigation session of the Crown Court of Evry city for the case filled by Tran To Nga against 14 multinational companies for producing and selling chemical toxins sprayed by US forces in the war in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Tran To Nga, an overseas Vietnamese woman living in France and a victim of Agent Orange (AO), has stated her intentions to fight not only for herself, but for her children and millions of other victims in her lawsuit against American companies.

A French court will open a hearing on a lawsuit filed by Vietnamese-French Tran Thi To Nga against 14 multinational companies for producing and selling chemical toxins that was sprayed by the US army in the war in Vietnam, causing serious consequences for the community, her children and herself.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc paid a visit to the Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange/dioxin (VAVA) on January 20, during which he praised the efforts, activeness and creativity of the association at all levels in protecting the legitimate rights of Agent Orange/dioxin (AO) victims as well as caring and supporting them.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) will strive to strengthen peace, solidarity, and friendship ties between Vietnam and its traditional friends and partners in 2021 to serve national socio-economic development.

VOV.VN - Despite it being over 50 years since the United States stopped spraying Agent Orange (AO) throughout various parts of Vietnam, people are still suffering from the severe hereditary defects caused by the chemical to this day, according to a recent article published by German daily newspaper Frankfurter Rundschau (FR).

VOV.VN - US Congress has passed a far-reaching US$900 million COIVID-19 relief package together with US$1.4 trillion spending bill for 2021, in which the government will grant nearly US$170 million worth of assistance to Vietnam.

The Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin (VAVA) has raised more than VND1.5 trillion (US$64.44 million) in the last five years to support victims, according to association Vice President Dang Nam Dien.

A fundraising app for victims of Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin was launched by the Vietnam Association of Victims of AO/dioxin (VAVA) during a ceremony on October 6.

A dioxin-contaminated soil clean-up project at A So Airport in A Luoi district, central Thua Thien-Hue province, began on October 2.