During the Vietnam War, which lasted over 20 years, Vietnam and some of its neighboring countries became testing grounds for chemical defoliants of the most toxic kind. It was a textbook definition of chemical warfare, and during 9 years the U.S. military dropped over 20 million gallons of this herbicide over Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. The herbicide, named Agent Orange, contains dioxin, which is one of the most toxic chemicals known to man. #LegaciesofWar #ValuesOfDemocracy | CGTN Documentary

Over the past days, Vietnam has been hit with large amounts of flooding. According to Vietnam's disaster agency, the central region saw flash floods and landslides that killed at least 29 people and left five missing. | CNN International

At least five people died in Vietnam after Typhoon Kalmaegi pummelled coastal regions with destructive winds and heavy rain, officials said on Friday, Nov. 7, following the storm's deadly passage through the Philippines where it killed at least 188 people. The typhoon made landfall in central Vietnam late on Thursday, Nov. 6, uprooting trees, damaging homes, and triggering power outages, before weakening as it moved inland. In Gia Lai province where Kalmaegi directly made landfall, people were s