Showcase of consequences of Agent Orange in Vietnam attracts visitors

  • Visitors learn about the consequences of Agent Orange in Vietnam at the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City. VNA Photo: Hồng Đạt
    Visitors learn about the consequences of Agent Orange in Vietnam at the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City. VNA Photo: Hồng Đạt
  • Visitors learn about the consequences of Agent Orange in Vietnam at the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City. VNA Photo: Hồng Đạt
    Visitors learn about the consequences of Agent Orange in Vietnam at the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City. VNA Photo: Hồng Đạt
  • Visitors learn about the consequences of Agent Orange in Vietnam at the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City. VNA Photo: Hồng Đạt
    Visitors learn about the consequences of Agent Orange in Vietnam at the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City. VNA Photo: Hồng Đạt
  • Visitors learn about the consequences of Agent Orange in Vietnam at the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City. VNA Photo: Hồng Đạt
    Visitors learn about the consequences of Agent Orange in Vietnam at the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City. VNA Photo: Hồng Đạt
A showcase of photos, documents and objects on consequences of Agent Orange in Vietnam at the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City attracted a large numbers of visitors, including foreigners. According to the Vietnam Association of Victims of AO/Dioxin (VAVA), the US army sprayed 80 million litres of toxic chemicals on the south of Vietnam between 1961 and 1971, with 61% being AO containing 366kg of dioxin, on over nearly 3.06 million hectares (equivalent to nearly one quarter of the south’s total area). Preliminary statistics showed that 4.8 million Vietnamese people were exposed to AO/dioxin, and about 3 million people became victims. Tens of thousands of people have died while millions of others have suffered from cancer and other incurable diseases as a result. Many of their offspring also suffer from birth deformities. VNA Photo: Hồng Đạt

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