No compensations have been given to vietnamese people.

In 2004  the Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin (VAVA) filed a lawsuit in the New York court against the companies for liability and claimed the violation of international protocols and conventions. But, in 2005 the judge dismissed the lawsuit ruling there was no legal basis for the plaintiff´s claims. He concluded that the agent orange was not considered a poison under international law. In Vietnam, nearly 4.8 million people have been exposed, causing 400,000 deaths; the associated illnesses include cancers, birth defects, skin disorders, auto-immune diseases, liver disorders, psychosocial effects, neurological defects and gastrointestinal diseases.

Research suggests that another six to twelve generations will have to pass before dioxin stops affecting the genetic code.  Nowadays, the dioxin has remain in Vietnam’s ecosystem, in the soil and in the food chain.  According with the Aspen Institute "The half-life of dioxin depends on its location. In human bodies the half-life is 11–20 years. In the environment, the half-life varies depending on the type of soil and the depth of penetration. On leaf and soil surfaces it will last 1–3 years, depending on conditions. However, dioxin buried or leached under the surface or deep in the sediment of rivers and other bodies of water can have a half-life of more than 100 years".  Waiting for compensation and justice, organizations such as catholic religious group and VAVA constantly organizing charity events and gives help and rehabilitation to affected people.

  Agent Orange was banned in 1971. Remaining stocks were taken from Vietnam and the U.S. to Johnston Atoll (U.S. controlled island) where they were destroyed in 1978. On 9 August 2012, the United States and Vietnam began a cooperative cleaning up of the toxic chemical. Efforts of the US governments in accepting its responsibility have remained slow and minimal.

-The Dioxin is the deadly toxin in Agent Orange. It was a 50/50 mixture of two herbicides: 2,4-D and 2,4,5-T.

-Dioxin chemical name is 2,3,7,8-tetrachloro-dibenzo-para-dioxin, or TCDD.

-About 80 million litres of toxic chemicals were sprayed over the south of Vietnam.

- According with the Vietnam Red Cross the chemical has affected 3 million of Vietnamese, including at least 150,000 children.

-Up to now, babies in Vietnam are still being born with birth defects.

- U.S. veterans were also exposed to the herbicide.