ISEAS Perspective: Vietnam–U.S. Cooperation in Addressing the Long-term Health Effects of Agent Orange

Images of the effects of Agent Orange displayed at the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City, District 3, Vietnam | Photo by GUIZIOU Franck/Hemis via AFP

In this paper published by NYSEAN Partner ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute, Phan Xuan Dung asserts that by framing Agent Orange in its relations with the United States as a manageable problem rather than an injustice, Vietnam was able to break a decades-long stalemate and enable cooperation with the United States.

Phan Xuan Dung is Senior Research Officer in the Vietnam Studies Programme of ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute and a PhD Candidate at the Australian National University.