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Horst Faas with Nick Ut

Remembering Hoorst Faas

VRP fellow Nick Ut remembers about his friend and former Associated Press boss Hoorst Faas, who died Thursday at age 79.

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Agent Orange: Behind the pretty pictures in Vietnam

Inside a tourist-packed museum featuring sobering pictures of the Vietnam War, the young woman and several dozen other physically challenged people showed off their artwork, ranging from handcrafted paintings to bright bouquets of bead flowers.

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‘Leaves Keep Falling’ to be screened at Artivist Film Festival

The Artivist Film Tour kicks off its 2012 program on Jan. 25 and 26 at Columbia University with a medley of five award-winning short films addressing the festival’s mission: Raising Awareness for Humanity, Animals, and the Environment through informative and inspiring international films. The program begins with an international travel through the USA, Philippines, Vietnam, […]

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How the Story Was Reported

Plain Dealer columnist Connie Schultz spent more than a year researching and reporting the long-term effects that Agent Orange has on the lives of the Vietnamese, U.S. war veterans and their families. Here is a look at how the project began, how it was put together, and its contributors. The Vietnam Reporting Project Jon Funabiki […]

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Los Angeles Times Publishes Agent Orange Package

The Los Angeles Times has published a powerful multimedia package about programs in Vietnam to provide surgeries to children suffering from congenital heart defects believed caused by exposure to Agent Orange. The package starts in the print edition with a text story by Bob Pool, and then it moves to the website with a video […]

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Two VRP fellows win major photography awards

Catherine Karnow takes second place in Pictures of the Year International and Ed Kashi takes second in the World Press Photo Contest for photos of Nguyen Thi Ly.

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On the Road with Charles Bailey: Ho Chi Minh City

[Editor’s note: This guest post by Charles Bailey of the Ford Foundation was written Monday, March 7th. Due to the time difference, these updates will not be published in real time.] After an exciting weekend of arrivals, the Common Cause Delegation on Agent Orange in Vietnam was kicked into gear today with a packed schedule […]

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On the Road with Charles Bailey: Updates from Vietnam

Starting Monday, we will publish a limited mini-series of guest blog entries that provide daily stories from the 2011 Common Cause Delegation on Agent Orange in Vietnam. Written by the Ford Foundation’s Charles Bailey and others, these updates will b…

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Bob is Back: 2011 Common Cause Delegation to Vietnam

Last year Bob Edgar, former congressman and current president of Common Cause, led a delegation of faith leaders to Vietnam to learn about the continuing impact of Agent Orange. This year, Bob is back. Between March 5th and March 11th, Edgar will lead a new delegation of leaders from a broad spectrum of disciplines including […]

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Dealing with the legacy of Agent Orange in Vietnam

A national grant maker in New York and a former congressman from Pennsylvania came to San Francisco on Feb. 25 to explain how Americans can help “end the war” in Vietnam.

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