France continues to support Vietnamese AO victims

The call was made during a week-long campaign for AO victims ahead of the  American Veterans' Day (Nov. 11). In its statement, the Collectif Vietnam Dioxin said although the war in Viet Nam ended 30 years ago, many Vietnamese are still suffering from the chemicals used by American army during the 1961-1971 period.

The statement went o­n to say that about 1 million people are contracting strange diseases, including cancer and birth defects, caused by the spraying of herbicide and defoliant that contained AO/dioxin. In particular, about 200,000 third generation children  were born with defects and many other disabilities. However, the American government and chemical companies in the past 30 years have not been held responsible for the AO victims.