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25/01/2021 14:57 GMT+7
A French court will open a hearing on a lawsuit filed by Vietnamese-French Tran Thi To Nga against 14 multinational companies for producing and selling chemical toxins that was sprayed by the US army in the war in Vietnam,
causing serious consequences for the community, her children and herself.
Mr. Lai Van Bien in Vu Thu district, Thai Binh province are caring for his sons affected by Agent Orange (AO)/Dioxin (Photo: VNA)
Nga, born in 1942, filed the lawsuit in May 2014. Among the companies named in her suit, there were such names as Monsanto (now under the German group Bayer) and Dow Chemical.