Orphans of Agent Orange: 50 Years Later Children Suffer Horrific Effects of America’s Chemical Warfare in Vietnam War

Visitor (left) with patient suffering from the affects of Agent Orange exposure at the
Friendship Village - Hanoi, Vietnam. (Photo by Josh and Erica Silverstein)

By Sophie Jane Evans
These photos show orphans suffering from the horrific effects of America's use of chemical weapons during the Vietnam War.

The children were born decades after U.S. forces sprayed the herbicide dioxin, Agent Orange, over large areas of jungle in the 1960s.

But they are still battling the effects of the chemical today - including physical deformities and mental disorders.

The shocking images were taken by American photographer Matt Lief Anderson, 30, at an orphanage outside of Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam.

Abandoned by their parents, 20 children can be seen living side by side in one room, each confined to a small metal bed with just a rug covering the bars.

They are suffering from a range of physical deformities caused by Agent Orange, including missing or under-developed limbs and extremely curved spines.

Some are deaf, blind and mute, while others have been bed-ridden for most of their young lives.

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