VietNamNet Bridge – US singer Anthony H.Brown could not hold back his tears when he saw child victims of Agent Orange (AO) in Quang Ngai province in the morning of August 15.

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Holding Brown’s hands, Phan Thanh Long, Chair of the Association of AO/dioxin Victims of Quang Ngai province, said: “It’s time to close the painful past to look to the peaceful future, to share the pain left by the war. During the process to seek justice for AO victims, we need sympathy from American friends like you.”

Singer Brown (left) and an AO victim
Long recalled the story about an American veteran who visited Quang Ngai three days ago, with his daughter. “It is a heart-break to see his daughter with sequels of AO. We hugged each other and cried,” Long said.

Singer Brown visited and presented gifts to some families of AO victims in Quang Ngai. He was obsessed by disabled children, victims of AO.

“I’m deeply moved and I admire AO victims’ resistance of pain and deprivation. When I return to the US, I will tell American people about them and call for their participation to struggle for justice for Vietnamese AO victims,” Brown said.

Vietnam has around 4.8 million people affected by AO.

Last week, Brown performed in Hanoi on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the AO disaster in Vietnam (August 10, 1961 – August 10, 2011). He had a field trip to Da Nang city to meet and present gifts to AO victims.

PV