American lawyers representing Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange are quietly confident that the manufacturers of the defoliant used by US forces during the Vietnam War will be held to account. On January 30, a lawsuit against more than 30 American chemical companies was filed in the US Federal Court in Brooklyn, New York by the Hanoi-based Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange. The suit was lodged on behalf of three adults in Vietnam and all other Vietnamese nationals exposed to herbicides during the war. The plaintiffs are seeking compensatory and punitive damages.[more]