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"It is a battle even more difficult than the battle with weapons.

We must have confidence that we will win," said Professor Nhan.

There is one major barrier to success.

The Vietnamese government is anxious to join the World Trade Organisation to open up new markets for its booming economy, and the Americans are the last big obstacle in their way.

Embarrassing the US government at this point could sink Vietnam's hopes.

Portraying their country as poisoned is also not the best way to boost trade.

Vietnam is the world's second largest exporter of shrimp to the European Union.

Any suggestion of contamination could wipe out this lucrative market.

President Tran Duc Luong is thus caught on the horns of a dilemma.

During a visit to the US last year, he raised the matter of Agent Orange but did not make an issue of it.

The American embassy in Hanoi declined The Independent's request for an interview.

The Americans hoped that concern in Vietnam about Agent Orange would gradually die, along with the ageing war veterans.

Instead, the sense of injustice has grown.

In Tu Du hospital, and in the 10 Peace Villages across the country where the children with the worst birth defects live, they are pinning thei...

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