Cambodia deploys new batch of rat recruits to sniff out landmines
Twenty African giant pouched rats were recently imported from Tanzania and have undergone intense training.
Barbara Lee Introduces Bill to Help Vietnamese Victims of Agent Orange
“The United States has a moral responsibility to compensate the victims of the Agent Orange campaign,” declares Rep. Lee (D-CA) re. HR 3518.
Invitation to Project RENEW 20th Anniversary Commemoration
Mark your calendars for August 12, 2021. We look forward to welcoming you to Quang Tri, Vietnam, in person or by online Zoom meeting.
Vietnam: Big bombs in residential areas safely handled
by Vietnam+ Sappers of the Military High Command in the central province of Quang Tri in conjunction with the US’s Golden West organisation have successfully deactivated and removed bombs left from wartime that was found...
Companies producing Agent Orange still not held accountable
An interview with Chuck Searcy by Vietnam Times after a recent Agent Orange lawsuit was dismissed by a French court.
War’s Lethal Legacy
How the Agent Orange tragedy in Vietnam defined 40 years of a foreigner’s life. We have not seen the last victim yet of this lethal legacy.
Agent Orange/dioxin pain, lawsuit expo underway in Ho Chi Minh City
An exhibition highlighting the pain of Vietnamese Agent Orange/dioxin victims and the current lawsuit is being held in Ho Chi Minh City.
America, Please Don’t Forget the Victims of Agent Orange
Forty-six years have passed since the Vietnam War ended, yet the wounds of Agent Orange victims still demand attention.
VFP 160 helps renovate Quang Tri Blind Center, provides bikes
US veterans gave bicycles to children affected by floods and funded new kitchen and bathrooms at the Quang Tri province’s Blind Center.
4,000 UXOs found buried in Cambodian pagoda
Cambodian Mine Action Centre removed 4,000 anti-aircraft shells which were found buried inside a Buddhist pagoda in Battambang province.
The Victims of Agent Orange the U.S. Has Never Acknowledged
America has never taken responsibility for spraying the herbicide over Laos during the Vietnam War. But generations endured the consequences.
Agent Orange and COVID-19: False Hopes from the Federal Government
A million Vietnam veterans returned with illnesses connected to Agent Orange. How long will it take the government to admit COVID-19 wrongs?
The People VS. Agent Orange
New film streaming today addresses the impact of Agent Orange on veterans, children of veterans and the Vietnamese people.
Legacies of war, ironically, have brought Vietnam and the US closer together
Today, there’s a shared commitment between the people of both countries to address the legacies of war, declares Chuck Searcy.
Vietnam backs woman in international trial against dioxin producers
“We support Agent Orange/dioxin victims claiming legal liability from the U.S. chemical firms that manufactured and traded Agent Orange/dioxin during the war in Vietnam.”
French court to hear landmark Agent Orange case
A French court is set to hear a landmark case against companies that supplied the US with Agent Orange during the Vietnam War.
Unexploded bomb found under downtown Hanoi
More than 1,400 households with 4,500 inhabitants were evacuated while the bomb was being removed. The unexploded bomb weighed about 340kg.
Poisoning the Pacific: The US Military’s Secret Dumping of Plutonium, Chemical Weapons, and Agent Orange
Okinawa served as the main US launchpad for the war in southeast Asia – and the island is still contaminated today from that usage.
Legislation introduced to fund humanitarian assistance in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia
“Sen. Baldwin’s bill recognizes the refugee and immigrant communities who supported the US Armed Forces during conflict in Southeast Asia.”
Agent Orange & UXO in Vietnam, VFP 2020 Nat’l Convention
Watch the full video presentations by Susan Schnall, Paul Cox, Namaya, Chuck Searcy, and Heather Bowser.
Videos of the Waging Peace in Vietnam conference, Washington DC
Panel discussions from the George Washington University conference hosted in conjunction with the traveling exhibit.
Agent Orange: Lasting Legacy of War
This panel was featured at the 2018 Veterans For Peace convention held in St. Paul, Minneapolis. The full title is" Developments from the Struggle Against Agent Orange: Lasting Legacy of War." Access this video on...
April 4 is International Mine Awareness Day
Việt Nam Note: Chuck Searcy, Project RENEW, 4 April 2020 Today, April 4, is International Mine Awareness Day, led by the United Nations and its Member States to focus the world's attention on the challenge to clean up...
Citizen Soldier’s Agent Orange Archives
Shared by Vietnam veteran Michael Uhl, with this introduction: In early 1978, Citizen Soldier, a nonprofit dedicated to advocacy on behalf of GIs and veterans, became involved in the controversial Agent Orange issue when...
Victims Left Behind in US Agent Orange Cleanup Efforts
Vietnamese victims have yet to receive compensation – and many live in desperate poverty. PHOTO: Many Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange wind up being cared for in orphanages. The kids in this photo live in an orphanage...
Ending War, American-Style
This Tomgram posted by Andrew Bacevitch on September 10, 2019, with introduction by Nick Turse, speaks to the moral bankruptcy of the United States in regards to its historic and ongoing reckless war-making. As the U.S....
Live from Spokane: Battling the Viet Nam war from the inside
Spokane Public Radio's Doug Nadvornick hosted the Tuesday, August 20, 2019 Inland Journal program featuring interviews recorded at the Veterans For Peace convention held days earlier in Spokane, Washington. The podcast...
Viet Nam: One Man’s Atonement in an Ocean of Grief
The following essay, penned by Viet Nam veteran Chuck Searcy, is a chapter in How the U.S. Creates Sh*thole" Countries (Clarity Press, 2018), a book of essays compiled and edited by Cynthia McKinney after the crass,...
Media coverage of Agent Orange widens its scope
In Public Radio International's The World broadcast of July 24, 2019, host Marco Werman interviews Susan Hammond with the War Legacies Project about the health effects of Agent Orange still experienced by people in...
700-pound bomb found in middle of river in Nghe An Province
Thanh Chuong district residents discovered the bomb, partly exposed in the water, when they went to drop their fishing nets in the Ro River. Due to a heat wave, the river, more than 20m wide, had little water.
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