Day 7 of the 15th Rotary HumaniTour Viet Nam
September 28, 2011
Dong Son Commune - A Luoi Valley in central Viet Nam
The valley is mainly inhabited by ethnic minorities, namely, the Ta Oy, Katu and Pa Co, who before the war lived in the steep mountain terrain.
Dong Son commune is located in the southern portion of the A Luoi Valley adjacent to the former A So U.S military base. There are currently 284 families living in the village. Half of the population living in Dong Son used to live directly on the former A So base and were relocated to the village in 2000 when it was determined that the former air base still had elevated levels of dioxin from Agent Orange on the base.
We visited several families with children born with medical conditions linked to Agent Orange.
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