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According to the Vietnamese government, the program caused three million Vietnamese health problems, with 150,000 children born with severe birth defects, [33] and 24% of the area of Vietnam being defoliated.
The Ministry of Labour – Invalids and Social Affairs [1] (MOLISA, Vietnamese: Bộ Lao động – Thương binh và Xã hội) is a ministry under the government of Vietnam responsible for state administration on labour, employment, occupational safety, social insurances and vocational training; policies for war invalids, martyrs and people with special contribution to the country; social ...
In December 2014, the U.S. Department of Labor's List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor reported bricks and garments as goods produced in such working conditions in Vietnam. Although Vietnamese law prohibits the employment of children under the age of 15, the system has too many loopholes to provide children with the level of ...
Vietnam's government claimed that 400,000 people were killed or maimed as a result of after effects, and that 500,000 children were born with birth defects. [32] and studies have shown higher rates of casualties, health effects, and next-generation birth defects in Vietnamese peoples.
International Children Assistance Network (ICAN) Institute of International Education; International Development Enterprises; International Marinelife Alliance (IMA) International Planned Parenthood Federation, East and South East Asia & Oceania Region; Italian Centre for Aid to Children/Centro Italiano Aiuti all'Infanzia
The Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Health is a sub-cabinet position in the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.Formerly known as the Chief Medical Director of Veterans Health, the Undersecretary is the highest official directly responsible to the Secretary for the Veterans Health Administration, which is the largest agency within the department.
The Rainbow Herbicides are a group of tactical-use chemical weapons used by the United States military in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War.Success with Project AGILE field tests in 1961 with herbicides in South Vietnam was inspired by the British use of herbicides and defoliants during the Malayan Emergency in the 1950s, which led to the formal herbicidal program Trail Dust (see Operation ...
The Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 (or VEVRAA) is an act of the 93rd United States Congress enacted on 3 December 1974 related to employment discrimination against Vietnam-era veterans, disabled veterans, and any other veterans who served active duty time in a war event that qualifies for a campaign badge. [1]