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Nick Ut

Good Morning, Vietnam

Most Americans don’t know Nick by name, but if you lived through the Vietnam War, you know why he matters. On June 8, 1972, he stood in the middle of Route 1 in South Vietnam and aimed his camera at 9-year-old Kim Phuc as she ran toward him, naked and screaming. A napalm bomb had dropped near her home in Trang Bang village.

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Plain Dealer Runs Special Report on Agent Orange

On Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011, the Cleveland Plain Dealer published a major six-part special report by columnist Connie Schultz on the lingering effects of Agent Orange in Vietnam.

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Kashi wins UNICEF Photo of the Year Contest for AO image

Vietnam Reporting Project fellow Ed Kashi has won first prize in a UNICEF Photo of the Year Contest for his portrait of a young girl from Danang, who is affected by Agent Orange.

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Preparing for the trip back to my village, Quang Tri

Nothing is more enjoyable for me than sitting at a sidewalk cafe in Saigon watching the heavy rain pours down from the dark sky occasioning with loud and terrifying lightning thunder.

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Hóa Chất Da Cam: Vết thương chưa lành

Nếu nhóm biệt kích của Việt Nam Cộng Hòa khi định cư tại Hoa Kỳ sau cùng đều được bồi thường thì chuyện giúp đỡ cựu quân nhân QLVNCH tại Mỹ bị nhiễm dioxin mới chỉ ở bước vận động. Tiến sĩ Ngô Thanh Nhàn kêu mọi người hãy cùng nhau lên tiếng yêu cầu Quốc Hội ban hành luật quy định việc chữa trị cho toàn thể mọi nạn nhân Hóa Chất Da Cam.

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Tran Vuhoai Phuong

Young Vietnamese disabled cope in Ho Chi Minh City

A growing number of young Vietnamese disabled by disease, accidents or exposure to Agent Orange, have left their rural homes in search of jobs, education and acceptance in the nation’s urban centers. The YMCA Vocational Orientation Club for Disabled Youth in Ho Chi Minh City offers free room and board, and job training.

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Blind man helps young Vietnamese find better life

There are an estimated 3.9 million vision impaired in Vietnam, the nation’s most common physical disability. Warm House, a Ho Chi Minh City boarding school, is one of the few institutions providing education, job training and a sense of community for the blind.

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Tran Thi Hoan

Trần Thị Hoan: Người Nhiều May Mắn

Trần Thị Hoan, 24 tuổi, sinh ra đời không có chân và thiếu một phần cánh tay trái. Khi cần di chuyển cô đeo cặp chân giả, tuy vậy cô tự cho là người nhiều may mắn nhứt so với những người cùng chung số phận.

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Căn Nhà Tôn, Bốn Trái Tim Vàng

Tại ấp Mũi Côn Đại, xã Phước Hiệp, huyện Củ Chi cách Sài Gòn khoảng hơn một giờ xe có một căn nhà nhỏ.

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Understanding my own connection to Vietnam

At a well-attended ceremony outside the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City, I spotted a photographer and author Goro Nakamura. As a daughter of a Japanese woman who survived WWII, I felt I should talk to him.

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