Ms. Tran Thi To Nga at the press conference on April 25. (Photo: VNA)
Paris - The Court of Appeal of Paris will open a hearing in early May regarding a lawsuit filed by Vietnamese-French Tran Thi To Nga against US chemical corporations that supplied Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin for the US army during the war in Vietnam.
Nga said at a hybrid press conference on April 25 that Vietnam had more than 3 million AO/dioxin victims at the time she filed the lawsuit in May 2009; however, the impact of the toxic chemical has lingered for generations, even to the fourth generation, increasing the number to over 4 million.
“I’m fighting for not only myself, but also millions of victims in Vietnam and many other countries”, Nga stated.
She said she always has the backbone to follow the lawsuit as this is a just and noble fight.
William Bourdon, one of the two lawyers who have given voluntary support to Nga and millions of Vietnamese victims since the start of the lawsuit, said that they will have to provide strong evidence convincing the Court of Appeal to reject the Crown Court of Evry city’s irrational decision in favour of the multinationals that produced toxic herbicide causing unprecedented humanitarian, health and environmental disaster.
There are many legal arguments showing that the firms were not forced by the US Government but voluntarily joined the bidding and produced the poison, he said, expressing his optimism about the court’s result.
