US lawyers confident of justice for Vietnamese Agent Orange victims

HANOI :
American lawyers representing Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange are quietly
confident that the manufacturers of the defoliant used by US forces during the
Vietnam War will be held to account.

On January 30, a lawsuit against more than 30 American chemical companies was
filed in the US Federal Court in Brooklyn, New York by the Hanoi-based Vietnam
Association for Victims of Agent Orange.

The suit was lodged on behalf of three adults in Vietnam and all other Vietnamese
nationals exposed to herbicides during the war. The plaintiffs are seeking compensatory
and punitive damages.../...

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13.07.2004
Bellaciao Collective