9/9/09
Vietnamese and US officials have met in Hanoi to discuss further funding efforts to help those affected by the use of Agent Orange during the Vietnam War. Vietnam also called on the US to increase its monetary contribution at a fourth annual meeting on Tuesday, as well discussing ways to continue joint efforts to clean up areas that American forces contaminated during the war. US troops used the herbicide to destroy dense jungle in an effort to expose enemy forces during the conflict. Vietnam says that one to four million of its residents may have suffered serious health consequences because of the poisonous spray.
See: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2009/09/200998895714200.html