Vietnamese Conference on Agent Orange

 


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TENTATIVE PROGRAMME & AGENDA

65 YEARS OF AGENT ORANGE DISASTER IN VIETNAM

 

Co-organizing Committee: VUFO, NACCET & VAVA

Date: 21 October 2026

Time

Content

Responsive Person/Organization

7:30-8:30

Guest Registration

 

VUFO’s Americas - Oceania Department

8:30-8:35

Opening Remarks & Introduction of Delegates

VUFO’s Americas – Oceania Department

8:35-8:45

Documentary Film

National Action Center for Toxic Chemicals and Environmental Remediation (NACCET)

8:45-8:50

Remarks

Leader of the Viet Nam Union of Friendship Organizations

8:50-9:00

Overview of the Consequences of Agent Orange and the Efforts of Government of Viet Nam to address the Consequences of Agent Orange/Dioxin Exposure from the war

Colonel, Dr. Nguyen Quoc Hung, Foreign Affairs Assistant, NACCET

ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION

9:00-9:10

Efforts by the Viet Nam Association for Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin to mobilize Support for Vietnamese Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin

Mr. Nguyen Huu Chinh, President of the Viet Nam Association for Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin (VAVA)

9:10-9:20

Intergenerational suffering: Stories of Vietnamese victim of Agent Orange

Ms. Vuong Thi Quyen, Vietnamese Agent Orange victim

9:20-9:30

Addressing the Consequences of Agent Orang/Dioxin: Practical Action to ensure Fundamental Human Rights

Dr. Nguyen Huu Huyen, Director General, Department of International Cooperation, Ministry of Justice

9:30-9:40

20 minutes Break (may be)

Delegates visit the photo exhibition

Supported by NACCET

9:40-10:00

The Engagement of International Non-Governmental Organizations in Addressing the Consequences of Agent Orange/Dioxin

Mr. Charles Bailey, former Country Representative of the Ford Foundation (Online)

10:00-10:10

Promoting the role of people-to- People relations to participate addressing the Consequences of Agent Orange: Experience from the the Viet Nam – US Track 2 Dialogue Group on the Agent Orange/Dioxin.

Madam Ton Nu Thi Ninh, former Chairwoman of the Committee fo Foreign Affairs; Former Head of the Viet nam – US Track 2 Dialogue Group on the Agent Orange/Dioxin.

OPENING DISCUSSION (3-4 minutes/per)

10:10-11:10

 

Approximately 10 delegates attending in the event deliver remarks.

Roundtable Moderator: VUFO/PACCOM

11:10-11:20

Concluding Remarks and adoption of the Appeal for Support for Agent Orange victims

VUFO/VAVA

11:20-11:30

Closing Program and Photo Group

VUFO’s Americas - Oceania Department