Aug 09,2011 - Hundred of delegates from 25 countries and territories around the world gathered in Hanoi on August 8 for the second International Conference of Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin Victims in Vietnam.The event was hosted by Vietnam Association of Victims of Agent Orange /dioxin (VAVA) to mark 50 years of the AO catastrophe in Vietnam (Aug. 10, 1961-2011).
The second conference will hear statements of scientists, lawyers, victims of chemical war, AO victims, victims of terrible catastrophes in the past decade and also from activists who helped the victims. They will share experiences and discuss necessary actions to support the victims – especially the AO victims – to overcome their pain.
Addressing the opening, Chairman of VAVA Nguyen Van Rinh stressed that solving issues of AO toxicity was closely connected with expectations of people throughout the world who hoped to live in a healthy environment, saying that the issue was not only justice, but also related to a humanity, mediation and developmental ties between the nations that had been involved in past wars.
Many war pains had healed for both the Vietnamese and US peoples, however the AO pain had remained with a tenacious grip. Not only Vietnamese victims, but also millions of victims in other countries around the world had been bearing the consequences of the toxic chemical, Rinh said. read more>>>
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