Events At Usip

The United States sprayed Agent Orange and related herbicides on 10,160 square miles of South Vietnam from 1961-1971, exposing millions of Vietnamese citizens and U.S. soldiers to dangerous dioxins and seriously affecting at least 150,000 Vietnamese children born after the war. On January 25, USIP hosted a discussion on its Vietnam War Legacies and Reconciliation Initiative -- the first in a series of seminars designed to offer diverse perspectives on U.S.-Vietnam cooperation concerning war legacies. Speakers Andrew Wells-Dang, introductory remarks   Senior Expert, Vietnam, U.S. Institute of Peace  Charles Bailey  Former Director, Agent Orange in Vietnam Program, Aspen Institute  Susan Berresford  Former President, Ford Foundation; Convenor of the U.S.-Vietnam Dialogue Group on Agent Orange/Dioxin  Phan Xuân Dũng  Research Officer, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, Singapore   For more information about this event, please visit: https://www.usip.org/events/resolving-legacies-agent-orange