A 416 page-book has been published in French with more than 100 maps and photos of Vietnamese Agent Orange victims, the Voice of Vietnam Radio said June 10. The information was announced by Andre Bouny at the head office of the Vietnamese Association in Paris on June 8. He said his new book is entitled “Agent Orange – disaster in Vietnam”
Can Van Kiet, a member of the Executive Board of the Vietnamese Association in France who runs the Vietnamese House in Paris, said that the book is a valuable manuscript which contains a lot of information and evaluations by historians and environmental experts on the effect of Agent Orange after the US army used it in Vietnam during the war from 1960-1970. The book will help readers to gain a better understanding on the long-term consequences of Agent Orange/dioxin on Vietnam’s environment and people, Kiet added. An estimated 4.8 million Vietnamese people are exposed to the deadly toxic chemical and more than three million of them are facing health problems resulted from the exposure.
