August 11, 2021 | 17:20 (GMT+7)
AO disaster in Vietnam via photos
PANO - Six decades ago, U.S. aircraft started conducting sorties to directly spray toxic chemicals containing Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin over residential areas, fields, and forests in Central Vietnam. More than half of a century has passed, but the AO disaster still causes daily and even hourly pain and losses for over 3 million Vietnamese victims, and millions of hectares of AO-contaminated land called “dead land” continues to harm any creatures living there.
Over the past time, the “Join hands to ease AO pain” program has raised fund from organizations and individuals at home and abroad to support victims of AO/dioxin in their life and detoxify AO-contaminated land.
Below are several photos of AO/dioxin victims and the activities of settling consequences of post-war toxic chemicals in Vietnam. These are testaments to AO disaster caused by the U.S. armed forces to Vietnam and its people in the war in Vietnam.
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Though 60 years' time has passed, there remain large areas of “dead land” in Central and South Vietnam. |
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The Chemical Corps and Da Nang Museum jointly organize an exhibition entitled “Reviving dead land.” |
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AO/dioxin victims at An Phuc foster home in Binh Tan district, Ho Chi Minh City make artificial flowers to earn their living. |
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AO/dioxin victims cared at Can Tho city’s Social Protection Center |
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AO/dioxin victims receive vocational training at a social protection center under the Vietnam Association for Victims of AO/Dioxin. |
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Ha Giang based Son Lam Co., Ltd. gives support to the family of AO/dioxin victim Khanh Duc Khu in Den village, Tung Ba commune, Vi Xuyen district to repair house and develop household economy. |
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The Vietnam Association for Victims of AO/Dioxin presents wheelchairs to wounded soldiers and AO/dioxin victims. |
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Chu Quang Duc, whose limbs are disabled due to the effects of AO/dioxin, has graduated from a university and become a teacher at Me Linh High School in Hanoi. |
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AO/dioxin victim Dinh Thi Hoang Loan, a native of Dong Nai province, has overcome difficulties to master information technology and integrate into the community. |
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Relevant forces check dioxin-contaminated land for detoxification at Bien Hoa airport in Dong Nai province. |
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Chemical troops collect samples to assess the level of AO/dioxin pollution at Bien Hoa airport. |
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Troops conduct sampling to evaluate AO/dioxin contamination level in the
surroundings of Phu Cat airport, Binh Dinh province |
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Dioxin-contaminated soil washed |
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The process of collecting samples and treating dioxin-contaminated soil at Bien Hoa airport |
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Samples of dioxin-contaminated soil collected to serve dioxin detoxification at Bien Hoa airport |
Translated by Mai Huong