By Dominique Vidalon and Yiming Woo | May 11, 2021 insurancejournal.com

PARIS – A French court on Monday threw out a lawsuit by a French-Vietnamese woman against more than a dozen multinationals that produced and sold a toxic herbicide dubbed “Agent Orange,” used by U.S. troops during the war in Vietnam.
Filed in 2014, the case has pitched Tran To Nga, a 79-year-old who claims she was a victim of Agent Orange, against 14 chemical firms, including U.S. companies Dow Chemical and Monsanto, now owned by Germany’s Bayer.
Tran To Nga told Reuters the case had been thrown out but that she would appeal.
Continue reading French Court throws out lawsuit for ‘Agent Orange’ damage during Vietnam War





Men work on an expressway project in the southern province of Dong Nai in April 2021. Photo by VnExpress/Phuoc Tuan.
