by Nguyễn Mỹ Hà An international trial taking place in a Paris suburb is sure to touch anyone who has ever read about the deadly consequences of Agent Orange in Việt Nam. Refusing to continue being a victim of the deadly chemicals sprayed by the US armed forces during the anti-American war in South Việt Nam, Madam Trần Tố Nga, 79, is taking giant American chemical producers to court in France. Fifty-nine years after the first batch of Agent Orange defoliant was sprayed by a Huey helicopter to clear away jungle near the headquarters of the South Việt Nam National Liberation Front (NLF), Nga, who as a war reporter toiled away under the canopy, is now taking on 14 companies, including Dow Chemicals and Monsanto, in what she believes is the first ever ecocide court case.