An exhibit showcasing hundreds of photos of Vietnam’s Agent Orange victims and historical materials on the toxic defoliant is running in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho until August 20.

The exhibit, themed “Da Cam – Luong Tri va Cong Ly” (Agent Orange – Conscience and Justice), is going on at Military Zone 9 Museum at 6 Hoa Binh Street, Ninh Kieu District.

On exhibit are more than 300 photos, historical artifacts and materials on the Vietnamese AO victims’ untold sufferings, activities held by the Vietnam Association of Victims of Agent Orange/ Dioxin (VAVA) to soothe their sufferings, the victims’ tremendous efforts to overcome their disabilities, and the year-long quest to seek justice for the Vietnamese sufferers. The exhibition, held biennially in such major cities as Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang, marks the 53th anniversary of the AO calamity in Vietnam, August 10.

For one decade, from 1961 to 1971, the U.S. military sprayed more than 18.2 million gallons of Agent Orange onto more than 10 percent of the land in southern Vietnam as part of its chemical warfare program. The chemical AO contains dioxin – one of the most toxic chemicals known to science.

It is estimated that more than 4.8 million Vietnamese were exposed to AO/dioxin. Many of them have died while millions of their descendants still suffer the effects of the chemical defoliant.

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