50 years after the Vietnam War's end, the devastating legacy of Agent Orange remains
April 30 will mark 50 years since the end of the Vietnam War, but the battle with Agent Orange, a chemical used by US forces during the conflict, continues.
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April 30 will mark 50 years since the end of the Vietnam War, but the battle with Agent Orange, a chemical used by US forces during the conflict, continues.
READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/04/29/50-years-after-the-vietnam-wars-end-the-devastating-legacy-of-agent-orange-remains
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00:00Vietnam will on Wednesday mark the 50th anniversary of a brutal war that ended when the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon fell to communist forces.
00:11But millions of people still face daily battles with its chemical legacy.
00:17Today, around 3 million people, including many children, still suffer serious health issues associated with exposure to the chemicals used in the war.
00:28The impacts on people in Vietnam have been primarily now in the second, third, possibly fourth generation.
00:39The consequence of birth defects and following severe disabilities, both physical and mental disabilities.
00:50Across Vietnam, US forces sprayed about 72 million liters of defoliant during the war to strip the enemy's cover.
00:58Modern health was a product known as Agent Orange, a blend of herbicides.
01:04The substance contained dioxin, a type of chemical linked to cancer, birth defects and lasting environmental damage.
01:14Vietnam has spent decades cleaning up the toxic legacy of the war.
01:40After ignoring the growing evidence of its impacts, the US in the mid-2000s began partially funding the cleanup in Vietnam,
01:48something that's now threatened by the cuts in USAID by the Trump administration.
01:54of the political America opening