[CPEO-MEF] GLOBAL, HEALTH: Vietnam-U.S. dioxin cooperation

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Vietnam, U.S. advance cooperation on dioxin-related issues

by Xuan Danh
Thanh Nien News
September 17, 2008

Vietnamese and U.S. officials said Tuesday they would set up two working 
groups to explore environment and health issues associated with Agent 
Orange, a toxic defoliant sprayed by U.S. forces during the Vietnam War.

The Ford Fund has offered financial assistance to support work 
activities for the two groups, U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam Michael 
Michalak told a press briefing Tuesday after the annual meeting of the 
Joint Advisory Committee (JAC) on Agent Orange in Hanoi.

Michalak said the two groups will also benefit from a US$3 million fund 
that the U.S. government has established to help Vietnam address 
environmental repercussions in dioxin-affected locations.



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For the entire article, see
http://www.thanhniennews.com/politics/?catid=1&newsid=42079

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