VIETNAM NATIONAL DNIVERSTTY, IANOIL INSTITUTE OF VIETNAMESE STUDIES AND DEVELOPMENT SCIENCES DUONG TH VAN ANH STUDY ON SITUATION TO OVERCOME THE CONSEQUENCES OF TOXIC CHEMICALS ‘TO HUMANS IN CAM LO DISTRICT, QUANG TRI PROVINCE MASTER’S TIIESIS Major: Vietnamese Studies Hanoi- 2012 VIETNAM NATIONAL DNIVERSTTY, IANOIL INSTITUTE OF VIETNAMESE STUDIES AND DEVELOPMENT SCIENCES DUONG THI VAN ANH STUDY ON SITUATION TO OVERCOME TITE CONSEQUENCES OF TOXIC CHEMICALS TO HUMANS IN CAMO DISTRICT, QUANG TRI PROVINCE MASTER’S THESIS Major: Vietnamese Studics Cude: 60 31 60 Supervisor: Prof. Truong Quang Hoc Hanoi - 2012 CONTENTS CONTENTS LIST OF TABLES. oki LIST OF FIGURES. COMMITMENT ic to TNTRODUCTION.
Necessity of the study 2. Scientific and practic: singnificances of the studied subject 3. Study BOA) cscs "¬. Study objects and scope - 11 5.
Study methodology and methods 12 5. Collecling sucondary data.2, Soeiological suzvey methodi. 16 CHAPTER 1 17 OVERVIEW ON THE STUDY OF OVERCOMING THE CONSEQUENCES OF TOXIC CHEMICALS/DIOXIN IN VIETNAM AND IN QUANG TRI 1.2, Overview of the chemical war in the world. Chemical war in Vietnam 1.1, Ranch Hand campaign.
LH H010 nh gan 1. Loxic chemicals used by the US army in the Vietnam wWal.3, Consequences of the agent orange/dioxin onpeople 1. Impacts of the agent orange/dioxin to hauman BOY ose: ssevieeiseiniieeieecie 1. Real status of the exposure in the Vietnamese 1.
Consequences of the chemical war in Quang Tri province 1.4, Efforts of Vietnam in overcoming the impacts of toxic chemicals on people. General assessment o£ achievemients, weaknesses, and proposed solutions for their overcoming CHAPTER T0 .ees STATUS OF OVERCOMING AGENT "ORANG/DIOXIN INFLUENCES. ON PEOPLE IN CAMLO DISTRICT, QUANG TRI PROVINCE. Overview of Cam Lo district.
Features of natural conditions. Topography and soll.3, Climate and hydrography 2.4, Minerals and hiological resources. Population and poration density 2. Culture and society.
ce re e eee cn tie te nie net in ine cee an 2. Status of victims of the Agent Orange/dioxin in Cam Lo district.1, Real status of victims of the Agent Orange/dioxin in Cam Lo district. General featuresof the victims of the agent orange in Cam La district 1, Economy and family conditions. Status of health, illness, and deformity of the viclims.
Difficulties in life faced by the victims and their family. Psychological features of victims of the Agent. Demands and wishes of the victims and their family 2. Activities to supgort and take care victims of Agent Orange/dioxin.
In term of policies. Campaigns of the Association of Victims of Agent Orange i in Cam Lo district 2.1, Results of the mobilization work to support, help, and look after the vietims .9, Some obtained results 2. Activities of foreign affairs.3, Activities of looking after the victims of Agent Orange‘dioxin in community. General assessments 1, About policies.
The work of supposting and taking care of the vietins elation between houscholds hving m ioxic chemical arvas an their children’s mnate defonnity Table TT1” ~ | Relation between vegetable protection agent contacts 62 and children’s imate deformity Situation of grandehutdren’s innate deformity t6 prandchildren’s innate deformity ¡ Table 2. Relation between householders living mm toxic chemical areas and 61 related diseases of their children Premature situation of women in investigated households Toslug pregnancy situation of woten in inv esugated houscholds PbiC VI] Relation between losing pregnancy and living in toxie chemical ro areas PYable 3.787” Interrelation of average income of households having victims of “8 Agent onmge‘dioxin Condition of households having victims of toxic chemical 70 Lo district Table 3.30") Diseases of the indirect victims in Cam Lo district ? Table 3.317”) immpacis of psychological hurts on Hí of victims ö£ the Agent ? Orange/dioxin ] Stuation of dioxin vicumas benefited im Cam To distriel 8 |] Battlefield of directly intected victims 3 ÍTabÏe 3. Results of analyzing strengths and weaknesses, opportunities and threats TAST OF TABLES ‘Tabte ‘Title Page Table 61 Time, site, and content of fieldwork ö Table TI Components oftoxic chemicals containing 2,41 and 2,4,5-1 19 Fable 13 |] Chemical war escalation ‘olal number of missions spraying plari iifer agents in Hand campaign [¥abie 7S Content of2'3,7,8-TCDD and THQ mn nux blood im localities in 31 Vietnam Table 1. Content of 3378-1 C1 and TRG in breast milk in localities of 34 Vicinam phase 1986-1987 Table 1.7 Dioxin and dioxin equivalence in the Vietnamese women’s breast milk in comparison with some other countries in the world iTable 18 Households suffered Agent Orange/dioxin in Quang Tri in 1999 Table 1:9.
influences of toxic chemicais/dioxin with Guang Tri peaple in 1999 Number of bouscholds haying imate defortity children Trmate deformity divided1: Table 38 ime appearing innate deformity ‘Table 2. Offspring’s innate deformity forms TAST OF FIGURES Figure Page 12 surrounding environment 18 Structure of TCDD 19: ' Map of the tactics of US Army 2đ) [Fe T4 ‘Amount of agents sprayed in Vietnam durme the Ranch Hand 26 campaign Figure 15 | Diagram omparmg 1,2.3,7,8, TCDD and THQ in mux blood m 33 localities of Vietnam Figure jagram comparing dioxin cortent m Vielsamese women’s m1 35 and other counties m lhe world (survey of the World Health Organization, February 1988) Figure 27 rovines Tigue 224 Population siructure with rate of male and female in Cam Lo District (left) Urban and rural population structure (right) te of households joining investigation commutes‘towns People themselves assessing their living standard etre 26 Number of dioxin Vietiras in families in Gam Lo district Rate of labor declmation of victims of toxic chemicals in communes and towns of Cam Lo district Number of victims directly infected by toxic chemicals Diseases of meireet victns In Cam Lo district ”” 1. General assessment o£ achievemients, weaknesses, and proposed solutions for their overcoming CHAPTER T0 .ees STATUS OF OVERCOMING AGENT "ORANG/DIOXIN INFLUENCES. ON PEOPLE IN CAMLO DISTRICT, QUANG TRI PROVINCE.
Overview of Cam Lo district. Features of natural conditions. Topography and soll.3, Climate and hydrography 2.4, Minerals and hiological resources. Population and poration density 2.
Culture and society. ce re e eee cn tie te nie net in ine cee an 2. Status of victims of the Agent Orange/dioxin in Cam Lo district.1, Real status of victims of the Agent Orange/dioxin in Cam Lo district. General featuresof the victims of the agent orange in Cam La district 1, Economy and family conditions.
Status of health, illness, and deformity of the viclims. Difficulties in life faced by the victims and their family. Psychological features of victims of the Agent. Demands and wishes of the victims and their family 2.
Activities to supgort and take care victims of Agent Orange/dioxin. In term of policies. Campaigns of the Association of Victims of Agent Orange i in Cam Lo district 2.1, Results of the mobilization work to support, help, and look after the vietims .9, Some obtained results 2. Activities of foreign affairs.3, Activities of looking after the victims of Agent Orange‘dioxin in community.
General assessments 1, About policies. The work of supposting and taking care of the vietins elation between houscholds hving m ioxic chemical arvas an their children’s mnate defonnity Table TT1” ~ | Relation between vegetable protection agent contacts 62 and children’s imate deformity Situation of grandehutdren’s innate deformity t6 prandchildren’s innate deformity ¡ Table 2. Relation between householders living mm toxic chemical areas and 61 related diseases of their children Premature situation of women in investigated households Toslug pregnancy situation of woten in inv esugated houscholds PbiC VI] Relation between losing pregnancy and living in toxie chemical ro areas PYable 3.787” Interrelation of average income of households having victims of “8 Agent onmge‘dioxin Condition of households having victims of toxic chemical 70 Lo district Table 3.30") Diseases of the indirect victims in Cam Lo district ? Table 3.317”) immpacis of psychological hurts on Hí of victims ö£ the Agent ? Orange/dioxin ] Stuation of dioxin vicumas benefited im Cam To distriel 8 |] Battlefield of directly intected victims 3 ÍTabÏe 3. Results of analyzing strengths and weaknesses, opportunities and threats COMMITMENT I hereby declare that the obtained results in this thesis are absolutely honest.
Tnformation and results published i this thesis are my researching work. T' there is any shortcoming, { will bear all responsibilities in front of the training unit and law. Hanoi, june 2012 Duong Thi Van Anh TAST OF TABLES ‘Tabte ‘Title Page Table 61 Time, site, and content of fieldwork ö Table TI Components oftoxic chemicals containing 2,41 and 2,4,5-1 19 Fable 13 |] Chemical war escalation ‘olal number of missions spraying plari iifer agents in Hand campaign [¥abie 7S Content of2'3,7,8-TCDD and THQ mn nux blood im localities in 31 Vietnam Table 1. Content of 3378-1 C1 and TRG in breast milk in localities of 34 Vicinam phase 1986-1987 Table 1.7 Dioxin and dioxin equivalence in the Vietnamese women’s breast milk in comparison with some other countries in the world iTable 18 Households suffered Agent Orange/dioxin in Quang Tri in 1999 Table 1:9.
influences of toxic chemicais/dioxin with Guang Tri peaple in 1999 Number of bouscholds haying imate defortity children Trmate deformity divided1: Table 38 ime appearing innate deformity ‘Table 2. Offspring’s innate deformity forms COMMITMENT I hereby declare that the obtained results in this thesis are absolutely honest. Tnformation and results published i this thesis are my researching work. T' there is any shortcoming, { will bear all responsibilities in front of the training unit and law.
Hanoi, june 2012 Duong Thi Van Anh 2. Raising awareness and participation oŸ the comununity. CHAPTER 3 96 PROPOSED SOLUTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS. " ¬ TÔ COMPRIHIENSTVLLY SUPPORT VICTTMS OI' TIH TOXIC CTIIESMEIZALS TN CAM 1.0 DISTRICT, QUANG TRI PROVINCE 96 3.
Results of analyzing strengths and weaknesses, opportunities and challenges 96 3. cee se sec snc en es ies n es e s vne sane os OF 3. Sollutions making on policies and their implementation arrangement 3. Solutions in term of social and humanitarian aspects.
Surveying and investigating real stalus of the victims of toxic chomicals/dioxin in Cam Lo district; sociologically investigating social psychology of victims. Improving social and health policies and taking care of viclims inlcotsd by Loxic chemieaÌs/dioxIH. Developing programs to propagand 4 101 3.4, Mobilizing sources to support victims of the toxic chemicals/dioxin. Supporting and Inoking after the victims infected by toxic chemicals in community.1, or policy making.
For the local authority Ww 3. Programming community-based models to restore forestry resources in toxic chemical areas in Cam Lo district by giving preferential treatment in handing aver land and forest to families of dioxin victims 111 3. Building work to supply running water and social works in Agent Orange areas 112 3. Korming and implementing tours to visit old battlefields w ith the participation of local peaple, veterans, and victims of the Agent Orange to propagandise and do business113 3.4, Combining with universities and schools in the province as well in the whole country to build program for volunteer students; bringing them io communes and hamlets ia support the rehabilitation work and other sovial activities for the families of dioxin victims and making this an anHudl ACfNI.
co coi seseu.TT4 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 116 REFERENCES - 119 2. Raising awareness and participation oŸ the comununity. CHAPTER 3 96 PROPOSED SOLUTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS. " ¬ TÔ COMPRIHIENSTVLLY SUPPORT VICTTMS OI' TIH TOXIC CTIIESMEIZALS TN CAM 1.0 DISTRICT, QUANG TRI PROVINCE 96 3.
Results of analyzing strengths and weaknesses, opportunities and challenges 96 3. cee se sec snc en es ies n es e s vne sane os OF 3. Sollutions making on policies and their implementation arrangement 3. Solutions in term of social and humanitarian aspects.
Surveying and investigating real stalus of the victims of toxic chomicals/dioxin in Cam Lo district; sociologically investigating social psychology of victims. Improving social and health policies and taking care of viclims inlcotsd by Loxic chemieaÌs/dioxIH. Developing programs to propagand 4 101 3.4, Mobilizing sources to support victims of the toxic chemicals/dioxin. Supporting and Inoking after the victims infected by toxic chemicals in community.1, or policy making.