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I was debating whether I want to share with members here on a heartbreaking article and photos that I have read a few days ago about the devastation face by the people of Vietnam due to Agent Orange. As a stranger, I don't feel comfortable to share such article and photos, but my friend I am Vietnamese, put a question to me, 'Noas, are you going to write a blog about it? If you want additional information, I can help you with it'. It make me realise that maybe as a stranger, I can also share something that is so heartbreaking about something, though I do not living it.

After forty years of the end of Vietnam Wars, it is estimated that nearly three millions of Vietnamese are suffering from the effect of Agent Orange; a herbicide used by the American military to uncover places the enemy could hide.

It was estimated that American soldiers sprayed about twenty millions gallons of that chemical in part of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. It is reported by BBC that the USA is now helping to pay for a solution that would clean up the soil which still contain that harzardous chemical.

In the meantime, the third generations of Vietnamese are suffering and paying horrendous price for the effect of this toxin. Brian Driscoll, an American photographer had traveled through Vietnam and photographed the devastation face by the people due to Agent Orange such as dozens of serious ailments, physical deformities and mental disorders.

Feature Shoot had written about Brian Driscoll's effort whom believed that his uncle, a Veteran of Vietnamese War, was also exposed to Agent Orange due to unexplainable symtoms.

These haunting images are taken from Brian Driscoll's photos published by Feature Shoot. For more images, click on Feature Shoot.

For my Vietnamese friends, I am sorry if my blog is not accurate. 

P/S:

This video was shared by I am Vietnamese in the comment's section. I thought it is better for this video to be shared in here.