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Vietnam, US Begin Joint Agent Orange Research VOA News 11 Feb 2002 08:34 UTC 
Former foes Vietnam and the United States are beginning joint research on the defoliant Agent Orange, used during the Vietnam War.
The U.S. National Institute of Environmental and Health Sciences will send researchers to Hanoi next month to prepare a research program on the defoliant's impact on human health and the environment.
The United States sprayed millions of gallons of Agent Orange and similar chemical agents in Vietnam to kill jumgle growth that provided cover for Communist fighters. The defoliants contained the deadly carcinogen dioxin.
Hanoi says the health of thousands of Vietnamese is still affected by the poison.
The four-day conference will begin on March 3.
Some information for this report provided by Reuters and AFP.
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