“I love Vietnam very much and will continue to devote my energy to helping the victims of Agent Orange/dioxin. I have a strong desire to live up to the message my mother sent me when I returned from the war, that is Love, Peace and Happiness,” said Matthew Keenan, an American veteran who fought in Vietnam in the 1970s.

A French court on May 10 dismissed a case by an elderly French-Vietnamese woman against several agrochemical companies over the use by the US military of Agent Orange during the Vietnam War.

The My Lai Peace Foundation  - a non-profit organization in coordination with the Association for Victims of Agent Orange (AO)/Dioxin of the Mekong Delta provinces of Bac Lieu and Ca Mau on June 3 handed over 15 houses of gratitude to AO victims and 90 bicycles to poor students in Bac Lieu, Hau Giang and Ca Mau provinces.