Vietnamese Victims of Agent Orange and U.S.-Vietnam Relations

Contents: (1) Brief History of Post-War U.S.-Vietnam Relations and the Agent Orange Issue; (2) U.S. Gov¿t. Assistance; (3) The Effects of Agent Orange on Vietnam: Brief History of the Use of Agent Orange in Vietnam; Estimates of Vietnamese Exposure to Agent Orange; Amount Used; Vietnam¿s Health Claims; (4) Clean-Up Efforts; (5) Vietnam¿s Assistance to the Victims: Government Support; AO Central Payments Programme; U.S. Civil Suit for Compensation; Vietnamese Americans and Agent Orange; (6) Other Sources of Assistance: Vietnamese Non-Governmental Assistance; Peace Villages; Ford Fdn.; UNICEF; U.N. Develop. Program; Bill and Melinda Gates Fdn. and the Atlantic Philanthropies; (7) Implications for Bilateral Relations.