Resolving the Legacies of Agent Orange

January 25, 2022 00:58:24
Resolving the Legacies of Agent Orange
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Resolving the Legacies of Agent Orange

Jan 25 2022 | 00:58:24

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Show Notes

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.

Speakers

Andrew 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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