Hanoi, June 26 -- She made the above statement at a press briefing in Ha Noi on Thursday after the French Court of Cassation held a public hearing for the appeal of Ms. Tran To Nga, a French-Vietnamese victim suing 14 U.S. chemical corporations for supplying Agent Orange/dioxin during the Viet Nam War.

Decades after the war, the devastating consequences continue to profoundly affect Viet Nam and its people, including the longstanding and serious impacts on Agent Orange/dioxin victims, said Pham.

"We strongly support the victims of Agent Orange/dioxin in demanding that the chemical companies that manufactured and supplied Agent Orange to the U.S. military during the war in Viet Nam be held accountable for remedying the consequences they ha...