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Article: Vietnam launches group for Agent Orange victims, calls for U.S. to help
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- January 10, 2004
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TRAN VAN MINH, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
01-10-2004
Dateline: HANOI, Vietnam
Vietnam launched a group for Agent Orange victims on Saturday and urged the United States to help people still suffering from the defoliant's effects nearly 30 years after the Vietnam War.
Former Vice President Nguyen Thi Binh said there were an estimated 3 million people affected by Agent Orange used by U.S. forces during the war. Hundreds of thousands have died, while others remain sick and are living in poverty, she said.
"We are expecting the U.S. government and the companies which produced Agent Orange to realize their spiritual, moral and also legal responsibility," she said.
About 40 Agent Orange ...