Hanoi, Viet Nam - Socialist Republic of
ALLEGED VIETNAMESE VICTIM OF AGENT ORANGE EMBROIDERS IN A HANOI CENTER.
Thai Thi Nga, a 12-year-old Vietnamese who suffers from melanoma, a
skin disorder that Vietnam says was caused by her father's exposure to
the U.S. defoliant Agent Orange, learns to do embroidery at a center
for the handicapped in Hanoi March 11, 2002. The United States and
Vietnam agreed on Sunday to investigate the effects of the chemical,
which has been blamed for thousands of birth defects years after being
dropped by the U.S. during the Vietnam War. REUTERS/Rathavary Duong
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