| Agent
Orange victims of criminal NATO
in Vietnam 09 |
Here you see drawings of Agent
Orange children who can only paint with their
feet.

Showcase with documents about
Agent Orange: drawings with feet
etc.
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Documents text 01: "Paintings and
notebooks of Pham Thi Thuy Linh"

Agent Orange victim Thuy Linh
(has no arms) |

Documents about Agent Orange text
02: "Paintings and notebooks of
Nguyen Minh Phu"

Agent Orange victim Nguyen Minh
Phu (has no arms) |

Showcase for donations
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Showcase for donations, the address
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Photo corner with photo gallery of Agent
Orange victims in Vietnam
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Four Agent Orange victims |

Three Agent Orange victims producing
handicrafts: Dang Thi Ngan, Ha Thi Hong
Hiep, Bui Thi Nam Ky
Text: "Creating decoration for life
Victims of Dioxide chemical at An Phuc
center, Binh Hung Hoa B Ward, Binh Tan
Distrit, Ho Chi Minh City are making fake
flowers to bring colors to life and earn
their living. From left to right:
Dang Thi Ngan (born in
1970), Ha Thi Hong Hiep (born in 1975),
and Bui Thi Nam Ky (born in 1983)."
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Agent Orange victim, pianist Le Van O has
no eyes
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Text: "Deep singing
Victim Le Van O (born in 1993) has lost
hisown pupils but still brings his singing
and plays musical instrument to create joy
for An Phuc and other centers."
Photo: Tran The Phong."
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Three photos with Agent Orange victims
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Two Agent Orange victims, text
Text: "Mother and children
This family makes a living by selling goods
and lotteries Chinatown in Ho Chi Minh City.
Both of the older siblings are victims of
chemicals used in the defoliant, Agent Orange.
The two children show classic symptoms caused
by Agent Orange [protruding eyes, the brain
seems reduced and the senses limited]
Photo: Muroyama Yasafumi"
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Agent Orange victim on a computer, Pham Thi
Thu Thuy and Dang Minh Bang - text
Text: Getting familiar with Information
Technology
Pham Thi Thu Thuy (born in 1997) and Dang Minh
Bang (born in 1998) suffering from linb
malformation have been fostered at Hoa Binh II
Village of Tu Du Obstetric Hospital - Ho Chi
Minh City.
Photo: Tran Truc Son"

Agent Orange victim Huynh Thanh Thao in a
wheel chair - close-up - text
Text: "A handicapped "teacher"
Huynh Thanh Thao (born in 1986) teaches
several children in her own reading room
despite her disability to walk - in Trung Lap
Thuong Ward, Cu Chi Province, Ho Chi Minh
City.
Photo: Trinh Van Hoa"
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Agent Orange victim Tran Thi Hoan without legs
and without left hand
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Agent Orange victim, text
Text: "Tran Thi Hoan,
born in 1986 in Duc Linh Binh Thuan. She
lives in Peace Village - Tu Du hospital
within 8 year-old. She is a student at
Huflit University. On Dec. 19, 2010, she is
a member delegation from Vietnam to attend
and present in Anti-imperialist Court
denounce U.S. Army spraying Agent Orange /
Dioxin during Vietnam war in the 17th World
Festival of Youth and Student in South
Africa.
Photo: Nishimura Yoichi"
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Letter by Agent Orange
victim Tran Thi Hoan to killer
President Obama of 2009
The Agent Orange
is still in the soil - Vietnamese in
South Vietnam continue to consume
contaminated food, and the "US"
government simply doesn't care about
anything of this.
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Letter
by Agent Orange victim Tran Thi Hoan to
killer President Obama of 2009,
close-up
Text:
Hoa Binh II Village - Tu Hospital - 284 Cong
Quynh Street - Pham Ngu Lao Ward - District 1
- Ho Chi Minh City - Vietnam
Dear President Obama!
My name is Trán Thj Hoan, I am 23 years old
and was born in Duc Linh District, Binh Thujn
Province, Viet Nam with no legs and without a
left hand. I am a second generation victim of
the Agent Orange. My parents were exposed to
this deadly chemical, left over from the
Vietnam War, while farming our land. Agent
Orange has not only killed people living
during the war, but has been killing several
generations of their children, among whom I am
one. It damages my country and other nations
beyond imagination. I am writing to ask for
your help in providing assistance to the more
than 3 million victims of Agent Orange like me
in Vietnam and for the children of U.S.
veterans suffering from Agent Orange in the
U.S.
I have read your letter to your beloved
daughters, in which you put it like this:
"These are the things I want for you - to grow
up in a world with no limits on your dreams
and no achievements beyond your reach, and to
grow into cmpassionate, committed women who
will help [to] build that world. And I want
every child to have the same chance to learn
and dream and grow and thrive that you girls
have. That's why I've taken our family on this
great adventure." I was deeply moved by the
love you have for your daughters and the
dreams you have for children of other
countries, and I believe that you could have
included children in Vietnam in your words. I
dream that you were including innocent
children slowly killed by dioxin, and their
suffering. I dream you had in mind what to do
to help every child to have the same chances
to learn and to dream and grow and thrive like
your daughters.
A few worlds about myself. When I was born, my
parents were consumed with grief when they saw
me. Whe I was in junior high school, I studied
hard to become a doctor to help people in my
hometown because they were so poor. But this
dream was taken away from me. When I entered
college, I was advised not to study medicine
because I had no legs and only one hand. I was
told not to dream about raising a family for
fear that my children would be born deformed
like me or even worse. From my personal story
- just one among three million victims of
Agent Orange - you may guess how our parents
suffer.
You are a father of two beautiful daughters,
and you know how parents love their children.
U.S. Vietnam veterans, sick from Agent Orange,
have gotten some compensation for their
illnesses, but their children have not. Howdo
their children live a decent life the way your
daughters do?
In the case of my poor country, Vietnamese
veterans of the U.S. war and their children
and grandchildren have not received any
justice from the U.S. courts: they refused to
hear our case against the U.S. chemical
companies. Iknow because I was one of the
plaintiffs, representing millions of Agent
Orange victims, in a lawsuit against 37 U.S.
chemical manufacturers in U.S. Federal Court,
the two richest of which are Dow and Monsanto.
This denial of justice may have rendered void
your dream for every child to have the same
chances to learn and grow and thrive. When I
visited U.S. cities last October, I found the
American people were deeply concerned about
the problem of Agent Orange. Yet we are now
faced with the lack of many things -
sufficient medical care, vocational and
physical rehabilitation, long term care, home
care. The land like my family's, which
contains dioxin in the soil, has yet to be
cleaned up.
I understand that you are very busy with the
urgent matters that face your country. I hope
that you will consider the damage that the
poison Agent Orange does to the lives of its
victims with as much urgency because every
life is important to the future of humanity. I
hope that you, a symbol of hope not only for
the United States, but also for the world, a
father who loves his children dearly, and a
man of humanity, will spare a little time to
resolve this forgotten problem.
Thank you!
March
19, 2009, Ho Chi Minh City
Trän Thi Hoan
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