The United States sprayed Agent Orange and related herbicides on 10,160 square miles of South Vietnam from 1961-1971, exposing millions of Vietnamese citizens and U.S. soldiers to dangerous dioxins and seriously affecting at least 150,000 Vietnamese children born after the war. On January 25, USIP hosted a discussion on its Vietnam War Legacies and Reconciliation Initiative -- the first in a series of seminars designed to offer diverse perspectives on U.S.-Vietnam cooperation concerning war legacies.
SpeakersAndrew Wells-Dang, introductory remarks Senior Expert, Vietnam, U.S. Institute of Peace
Charles Bailey Former Director, Agent Orange in Vietnam Program, Aspen Institute
Susan Berresford Former President, Ford Foundation; Convenor of the U.S.-Vietnam Dialogue Group on Agent Orange/Dioxin
Phan Xuân Dũng Research Officer, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, Singapore
For more information about this event, please visit: https://www.usip.org/events/resolving-legacies-agent-orange
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