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The Vietnamese octogenarian fighting for Agent Orange victims

Tran To Nga is waging a court battle against US chemical firms to win justice for the Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange.

HANOI: As a young woman, Tran To Nga was a war correspondent, a prisoner and an activist. Now, at 81, she is waging a court battle against US chemical firms to win justice for the Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange.

Nga is the first and only civilian to bring a lawsuit against the 14 multinational chemical firms, including Dow Chemical and Monsanto, that produced and sold the toxic herbicide sprayed over Vietnam by US forces during the war.

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