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Agent Orange Cleanup Begins in Vietnam

US will join decontamination effort early next year

By the Associated Press

Posted Jun 17, 2011 12:54 PM CDT

(AP) – Vietnam today started the first phase of a joint plan with former enemy the United States to clean up environmental damage leftover from the chemical defoliant Agent Orange, a lasting legacy from the Vietnam War. Vietnam's Ministry of Defense will begin sweeping areas around...   Read full story »

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