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Once-conjoined Vietnam twin Nguyen Duc

Nguyen Duc, a Vietnamese man born as a conjoined twin, apparently due to the aftereffects of the defoliant Agent Orange used by the U.S. military during the Vietnam War, gives an interview in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on April 8, 2024.

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Once-conjoined Vietnam twin Nguyen Duc

Nguyen Duc, a Vietnamese man born as a conjoined twin, apparently due to the aftereffects of the defoliant Agent Orange used by the U.S. military during the Vietnam War, gives an interview in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on April 8, 2024.

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Once-conjoined Vietnam twin Nguyen Duc

Nguyen Duc, a Vietnamese man born as a conjoined twin, apparently due to the aftereffects of the defoliant Agent Orange used by the U.S. military during the Vietnam War, gives an interview in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on April 8, 2024.

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Nguyen Duc at press conference in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Nguyen Duc, who was born as a conjoined twin, apparently due to the effects of Agent Orange used by the U.S. military during the Vietnam War, gives a press conference in Tokyo, on Aug. 4, 2014, calling for ongoing support for people affected by the toxic defoliant.

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Agent Orange anniversary

HANOI, Vietnam - People dance and sing during an event in Hanoi on Aug. 10, 2011, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the United States' first use of Agent Orange during the Vietnam War.

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Funeral held for separated Vietnamese conjoined twin Viet

HO CHI MINH, Vietnam - Nguyen Duc (L), a Vietnamese man born as a conjoined twin apparently due to the influence of Agent Orange that the U.S. military used as a defoliant during the Vietnam War, and his wife attend the funeral for his elder brother Viet in Ho Chi Minh on Oct. 7. Viet died on Oct. 6 at a hospital in Ho Chi Minh City.

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Separated Vietnamese conjoined twin Viet dies at 26

TOKYO, Japan - Nguyen Viet (C), a Vietnamese man born as a conjoined twin apparently due to the influence of Agent Orange that the U.S. military used as a defoliant during the Vietnam War, died in Ho Chi Minh City on Oct. 6 at age 26. The photo, taken in 2006 at a hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, shows Viet surrounded by his brother Duc and Duc's wife. The twins were separated through surgery at age 7 by a group of Japanese and Vietnamese doctors in 1988. They had been conjoined at the lower halves of their bodies and sharing some organs.

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Separated Vietnamese conjoined twin Duc to tie the knot in Oct.

OTSU, Japan - Nguyen Duc (file photo), a Vietnamese man born as a conjoined twin apparently due to the influence of Agent Orange used by the U.S. military as a herbicide during the Vietnam War, plans to marry a compatriot in October, a Japanese supporter said June 17.

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Agent Orange victim visits Japan to seek support

OSAKA, Japan - Nguyen Duc, 24, leaves a meeting at the Osaka City Chuo Public Hall in Osaka's Kita Ward on March 24.

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Japanese photographer opens Agent Orange exhibition in Vietnam

HANOI, Vietnam - Goro Nakamura speaks about one of his works put on display at an exhibition he opened in Hanoi on Dec. 5 on the environmental and human effects of Agent Orange, the defoliant used by U.S. forces during the Vietnam War. The show features about 100 photographs he has taken since 1976, a year after the end of the war.

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Experiments on African American inmates reveal U.S. double standards on human rights

STORY: Experiments on African American inmates reveal U.S. double standards on human rights DATELINE: Oct. 10, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:38 LOCATION: Washington, D.C. CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. the formal apology of the city of Philadelphia 2. cover of the book telling the story at Holmesburg Prison 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): IRFAN SHAHZAD TAKALVI, Founding President of Eurasian Century Institute, Pakistan 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ANNA MALINDOG-UY, Researcher, Manila-based think tank STORYLINE: The U.S. city of Philadelphia has issued a formal apology for experiments conducted on African American inmates at a prison decades ago. From the 1950s to the 1970s, inmates of Holmesburg Prison were intentionally exposed to pharmaceuticals, viruses, fungus, asbestos, and even dioxin, a component of Agent Orange. The experiments were conducted by University of Pennsylvania researcher Dr. Albert Kligman. The vast majority of those subjected to these experiments were African American men, many of them illiterate, awa

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Tran To Nga Gives A Press Conference - Paris

French-Vietnamese Tran To Nga, 79, gives a press conference at the headquarters of the General Union of Vietnamese of France, in Paris, on May 11, 2021, a day after she failed in her bid to sue Monsanto and other makers of the toxic chemical Agent Orange over its use by the US as a weapon during the Vietnam War. Tran To Nga, born in 1942 in what was then French Indochina, accused 14 agrochemicals firms of causing grievous harm to her and others by selling Agent Orange to the American military, which used the herbicide to devastating effect in Vietnam. But the court in the Paris suburb of Evry, ruled that the firms had been "acting on the orders of, and on behalf of, the United States" and therefore enjoyed immunity from prosecution under international law, which prevents one country from judging the actions of another. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tran To Nga Gives A Press Conference - Paris

French-Vietnamese Tran To Nga, 79, gives a press conference at the headquarters of the General Union of Vietnamese of France, in Paris, on May 11, 2021, a day after she failed in her bid to sue Monsanto and other makers of the toxic chemical Agent Orange over its use by the US as a weapon during the Vietnam War. Tran To Nga, born in 1942 in what was then French Indochina, accused 14 agrochemicals firms of causing grievous harm to her and others by selling Agent Orange to the American military, which used the herbicide to devastating effect in Vietnam. But the court in the Paris suburb of Evry, ruled that the firms had been "acting on the orders of, and on behalf of, the United States" and therefore enjoyed immunity from prosecution under international law, which prevents one country from judging the actions of another. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tran To Nga Gives A Press Conference - Paris

French-Vietnamese Tran To Nga, 79, gives a press conference at the headquarters of the General Union of Vietnamese of France, in Paris, on May 11, 2021, a day after she failed in her bid to sue Monsanto and other makers of the toxic chemical Agent Orange over its use by the US as a weapon during the Vietnam War. Tran To Nga, born in 1942 in what was then French Indochina, accused 14 agrochemicals firms of causing grievous harm to her and others by selling Agent Orange to the American military, which used the herbicide to devastating effect in Vietnam. But the court in the Paris suburb of Evry, ruled that the firms had been "acting on the orders of, and on behalf of, the United States" and therefore enjoyed immunity from prosecution under international law, which prevents one country from judging the actions of another. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tran To Nga Gives A Press Conference - Paris

French-Vietnamese Tran To Nga, 79, gives a press conference at the headquarters of the General Union of Vietnamese of France, in Paris, on May 11, 2021, a day after she failed in her bid to sue Monsanto and other makers of the toxic chemical Agent Orange over its use by the US as a weapon during the Vietnam War. Tran To Nga, born in 1942 in what was then French Indochina, accused 14 agrochemicals firms of causing grievous harm to her and others by selling Agent Orange to the American military, which used the herbicide to devastating effect in Vietnam. But the court in the Paris suburb of Evry, ruled that the firms had been "acting on the orders of, and on behalf of, the United States" and therefore enjoyed immunity from prosecution under international law, which prevents one country from judging the actions of another. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tran To Nga Gives A Press Conference - Paris

French-Vietnamese Tran To Nga, 79, gives a press conference at the headquarters of the General Union of Vietnamese of France, in Paris, on May 11, 2021, a day after she failed in her bid to sue Monsanto and other makers of the toxic chemical Agent Orange over its use by the US as a weapon during the Vietnam War. Tran To Nga, born in 1942 in what was then French Indochina, accused 14 agrochemicals firms of causing grievous harm to her and others by selling Agent Orange to the American military, which used the herbicide to devastating effect in Vietnam. But the court in the Paris suburb of Evry, ruled that the firms had been "acting on the orders of, and on behalf of, the United States" and therefore enjoyed immunity from prosecution under international law, which prevents one country from judging the actions of another. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tran To Nga Gives A Press Conference - Paris

French-Vietnamese Tran To Nga, 79, gives a press conference at the headquarters of the General Union of Vietnamese of France, in Paris, on May 11, 2021, a day after she failed in her bid to sue Monsanto and other makers of the toxic chemical Agent Orange over its use by the US as a weapon during the Vietnam War. Tran To Nga, born in 1942 in what was then French Indochina, accused 14 agrochemicals firms of causing grievous harm to her and others by selling Agent Orange to the American military, which used the herbicide to devastating effect in Vietnam. But the court in the Paris suburb of Evry, ruled that the firms had been "acting on the orders of, and on behalf of, the United States" and therefore enjoyed immunity from prosecution under international law, which prevents one country from judging the actions of another. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tran To Nga Gives A Press Conference - Paris

French-Vietnamese Tran To Nga, 79, gives a press conference at the headquarters of the General Union of Vietnamese of France, in Paris, on May 11, 2021, a day after she failed in her bid to sue Monsanto and other makers of the toxic chemical Agent Orange over its use by the US as a weapon during the Vietnam War. Tran To Nga, born in 1942 in what was then French Indochina, accused 14 agrochemicals firms of causing grievous harm to her and others by selling Agent Orange to the American military, which used the herbicide to devastating effect in Vietnam. But the court in the Paris suburb of Evry, ruled that the firms had been "acting on the orders of, and on behalf of, the United States" and therefore enjoyed immunity from prosecution under international law, which prevents one country from judging the actions of another. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tran To Nga Gives A Press Conference - Paris

French-Vietnamese Tran To Nga, 79, gives a press conference at the headquarters of the General Union of Vietnamese of France, in Paris, on May 11, 2021, a day after she failed in her bid to sue Monsanto and other makers of the toxic chemical Agent Orange over its use by the US as a weapon during the Vietnam War. Tran To Nga, born in 1942 in what was then French Indochina, accused 14 agrochemicals firms of causing grievous harm to her and others by selling Agent Orange to the American military, which used the herbicide to devastating effect in Vietnam. But the court in the Paris suburb of Evry, ruled that the firms had been "acting on the orders of, and on behalf of, the United States" and therefore enjoyed immunity from prosecution under international law, which prevents one country from judging the actions of another. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tran To Nga Gives A Press Conference - Paris

French-Vietnamese Tran To Nga, 79, gives a press conference at the headquarters of the General Union of Vietnamese of France, in Paris, on May 11, 2021, a day after she failed in her bid to sue Monsanto and other makers of the toxic chemical Agent Orange over its use by the US as a weapon during the Vietnam War. Tran To Nga, born in 1942 in what was then French Indochina, accused 14 agrochemicals firms of causing grievous harm to her and others by selling Agent Orange to the American military, which used the herbicide to devastating effect in Vietnam. But the court in the Paris suburb of Evry, ruled that the firms had been "acting on the orders of, and on behalf of, the United States" and therefore enjoyed immunity from prosecution under international law, which prevents one country from judging the actions of another. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tran To Nga Gives A Press Conference - Paris

French-Vietnamese Tran To Nga, 79, gives a press conference at the headquarters of the General Union of Vietnamese of France, in Paris, on May 11, 2021, a day after she failed in her bid to sue Monsanto and other makers of the toxic chemical Agent Orange over its use by the US as a weapon during the Vietnam War. Tran To Nga, born in 1942 in what was then French Indochina, accused 14 agrochemicals firms of causing grievous harm to her and others by selling Agent Orange to the American military, which used the herbicide to devastating effect in Vietnam. But the court in the Paris suburb of Evry, ruled that the firms had been "acting on the orders of, and on behalf of, the United States" and therefore enjoyed immunity from prosecution under international law, which prevents one country from judging the actions of another. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tran To Nga Gives A Press Conference - Paris

French-Vietnamese Tran To Nga, 79, gives a press conference at the headquarters of the General Union of Vietnamese of France, in Paris, on May 11, 2021, a day after she failed in her bid to sue Monsanto and other makers of the toxic chemical Agent Orange over its use by the US as a weapon during the Vietnam War. Tran To Nga, born in 1942 in what was then French Indochina, accused 14 agrochemicals firms of causing grievous harm to her and others by selling Agent Orange to the American military, which used the herbicide to devastating effect in Vietnam. But the court in the Paris suburb of Evry, ruled that the firms had been "acting on the orders of, and on behalf of, the United States" and therefore enjoyed immunity from prosecution under international law, which prevents one country from judging the actions of another. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tran To Nga Gives A Press Conference - Paris

French-Vietnamese Tran To Nga, 79, gives a press conference at the headquarters of the General Union of Vietnamese of France, in Paris, on May 11, 2021, a day after she failed in her bid to sue Monsanto and other makers of the toxic chemical Agent Orange over its use by the US as a weapon during the Vietnam War. Tran To Nga, born in 1942 in what was then French Indochina, accused 14 agrochemicals firms of causing grievous harm to her and others by selling Agent Orange to the American military, which used the herbicide to devastating effect in Vietnam. But the court in the Paris suburb of Evry, ruled that the firms had been "acting on the orders of, and on behalf of, the United States" and therefore enjoyed immunity from prosecution under international law, which prevents one country from judging the actions of another. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tran To Nga Gives A Press Conference - Paris

French-Vietnamese Tran To Nga, 79, gives a press conference at the headquarters of the General Union of Vietnamese of France, in Paris, on May 11, 2021, a day after she failed in her bid to sue Monsanto and other makers of the toxic chemical Agent Orange over its use by the US as a weapon during the Vietnam War. Tran To Nga, born in 1942 in what was then French Indochina, accused 14 agrochemicals firms of causing grievous harm to her and others by selling Agent Orange to the American military, which used the herbicide to devastating effect in Vietnam. But the court in the Paris suburb of Evry, ruled that the firms had been "acting on the orders of, and on behalf of, the United States" and therefore enjoyed immunity from prosecution under international law, which prevents one country from judging the actions of another. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tran To Nga Gives A Press Conference - Paris

French-Vietnamese Tran To Nga, 79, gives a press conference at the headquarters of the General Union of Vietnamese of France, in Paris, on May 11, 2021, a day after she failed in her bid to sue Monsanto and other makers of the toxic chemical Agent Orange over its use by the US as a weapon during the Vietnam War. Tran To Nga, born in 1942 in what was then French Indochina, accused 14 agrochemicals firms of causing grievous harm to her and others by selling Agent Orange to the American military, which used the herbicide to devastating effect in Vietnam. But the court in the Paris suburb of Evry, ruled that the firms had been "acting on the orders of, and on behalf of, the United States" and therefore enjoyed immunity from prosecution under international law, which prevents one country from judging the actions of another. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tran To Nga Gives A Press Conference - Paris

French-Vietnamese Tran To Nga, 79, gives a press conference at the headquarters of the General Union of Vietnamese of France, in Paris, on May 11, 2021, a day after she failed in her bid to sue Monsanto and other makers of the toxic chemical Agent Orange over its use by the US as a weapon during the Vietnam War. Tran To Nga, born in 1942 in what was then French Indochina, accused 14 agrochemicals firms of causing grievous harm to her and others by selling Agent Orange to the American military, which used the herbicide to devastating effect in Vietnam. But the court in the Paris suburb of Evry, ruled that the firms had been "acting on the orders of, and on behalf of, the United States" and therefore enjoyed immunity from prosecution under international law, which prevents one country from judging the actions of another. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tran To Nga Gives A Press Conference - Paris

French-Vietnamese Tran To Nga, 79, gives a press conference at the headquarters of the General Union of Vietnamese of France, in Paris, on May 11, 2021, a day after she failed in her bid to sue Monsanto and other makers of the toxic chemical Agent Orange over its use by the US as a weapon during the Vietnam War. Tran To Nga, born in 1942 in what was then French Indochina, accused 14 agrochemicals firms of causing grievous harm to her and others by selling Agent Orange to the American military, which used the herbicide to devastating effect in Vietnam. But the court in the Paris suburb of Evry, ruled that the firms had been "acting on the orders of, and on behalf of, the United States" and therefore enjoyed immunity from prosecution under international law, which prevents one country from judging the actions of another. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tran To Nga Gives A Press Conference - Paris

French-Vietnamese Tran To Nga, 79, gives a press conference at the headquarters of the General Union of Vietnamese of France, in Paris, on May 11, 2021, a day after she failed in her bid to sue Monsanto and other makers of the toxic chemical Agent Orange over its use by the US as a weapon during the Vietnam War. Tran To Nga, born in 1942 in what was then French Indochina, accused 14 agrochemicals firms of causing grievous harm to her and others by selling Agent Orange to the American military, which used the herbicide to devastating effect in Vietnam. But the court in the Paris suburb of Evry, ruled that the firms had been "acting on the orders of, and on behalf of, the United States" and therefore enjoyed immunity from prosecution under international law, which prevents one country from judging the actions of another. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tran To Nga Gives A Press Conference - Paris

French-Vietnamese Tran To Nga, 79, gives a press conference at the headquarters of the General Union of Vietnamese of France, in Paris, on May 11, 2021, a day after she failed in her bid to sue Monsanto and other makers of the toxic chemical Agent Orange over its use by the US as a weapon during the Vietnam War. Tran To Nga, born in 1942 in what was then French Indochina, accused 14 agrochemicals firms of causing grievous harm to her and others by selling Agent Orange to the American military, which used the herbicide to devastating effect in Vietnam. But the court in the Paris suburb of Evry, ruled that the firms had been "acting on the orders of, and on behalf of, the United States" and therefore enjoyed immunity from prosecution under international law, which prevents one country from judging the actions of another. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tran To Nga Gives A Press Conference - Paris

French-Vietnamese Tran To Nga, 79, gives a press conference at the headquarters of the General Union of Vietnamese of France, in Paris, on May 11, 2021, a day after she failed in her bid to sue Monsanto and other makers of the toxic chemical Agent Orange over its use by the US as a weapon during the Vietnam War. Tran To Nga, born in 1942 in what was then French Indochina, accused 14 agrochemicals firms of causing grievous harm to her and others by selling Agent Orange to the American military, which used the herbicide to devastating effect in Vietnam. But the court in the Paris suburb of Evry, ruled that the firms had been "acting on the orders of, and on behalf of, the United States" and therefore enjoyed immunity from prosecution under international law, which prevents one country from judging the actions of another. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tran To Nga Gives A Press Conference - Paris

French-Vietnamese Tran To Nga, 79, gives a press conference at the headquarters of the General Union of Vietnamese of France, in Paris, on May 11, 2021, a day after she failed in her bid to sue Monsanto and other makers of the toxic chemical Agent Orange over its use by the US as a weapon during the Vietnam War. Tran To Nga, born in 1942 in what was then French Indochina, accused 14 agrochemicals firms of causing grievous harm to her and others by selling Agent Orange to the American military, which used the herbicide to devastating effect in Vietnam. But the court in the Paris suburb of Evry, ruled that the firms had been "acting on the orders of, and on behalf of, the United States" and therefore enjoyed immunity from prosecution under international law, which prevents one country from judging the actions of another. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Separated Vietnamese conjoined twin Duc to tie the knot in Oct.

OTSU, Japan - Nguyen Duc (file photo), a Vietnamese man born as a conjoined twin apparently due to the influence of Agent Orange used by the U.S. military as a herbicide during the Vietnam War, plans to marry a compatriot in October, a Japanese supporter said June 17. (Kyodo)

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Agent Orange victim visits Japan to seek support

OSAKA, Japan - Nguyen Duc, 24, leaves a meeting at the Osaka City Chuo Public Hall in Osaka's Kita Ward on March 24. (Kyodo)

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Funeral held for separated Vietnamese conjoined twin Viet

HO CHI MINH, Vietnam - Nguyen Duc (L), a Vietnamese man born as a conjoined twin apparently due to the influence of Agent Orange that the U.S. military used as a defoliant during the Vietnam War, and his wife attend the funeral for his elder brother Viet in Ho Chi Minh on Oct. 7. Viet died on Oct. 6 at a hospital in Ho Chi Minh City. (Kyodo)

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Separated Vietnamese conjoined twin Viet dies at 26

TOKYO, Japan - Nguyen Viet (C), a Vietnamese man born as a conjoined twin apparently due to the influence of Agent Orange that the U.S. military used as a defoliant during the Vietnam War, died in Ho Chi Minh City on Oct. 6 at age 26. The photo, taken in 2006 at a hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, shows Viet surrounded by his brother Duc and Duc's wife. The twins were separated through surgery at age 7 by a group of Japanese and Vietnamese doctors in 1988. They had been conjoined at the lower halves of their bodies and sharing some organs. (Kyodo)

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Agent Orange anniversary

HANOI, Vietnam - People dance and sing during an event in Hanoi on Aug. 10, 2011, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the United States' first use of Agent Orange during the Vietnam War. (Kyodo)

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Nguyen Duc at press conference in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Nguyen Duc, who was born as a conjoined twin, apparently due to the effects of Agent Orange used by the U.S. military during the Vietnam War, gives a press conference in Tokyo, on Aug. 4, 2014, calling for ongoing support for people affected by the toxic defoliant. (Kyodo)

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Japanese style restaurant in Vietnam

Vietnamese man Nguyen Duc poses in front his Japanese style restaurant Duc Nihon in Ho Chi Minh City, southern Vietnam, on Jan. 12, 2019. Duc was born as a conjoined twin, apparently due to the aftereffects of the defoliant Agent Orange used by the U.S. military during the Vietnam War, and surgery to separate him from his brother Viet was conducted by Japanese doctors some 30 years ago. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese style restaurant in Vietnam

Photo taken on Jan. 12, 2019, shows Japanese style restaurant Duc Nihon in Ho Chi Minh City, southern Vietnam, operated by Vietnamese man Nguyen Duc. Duc was born as a conjoined twin, apparently due to the aftereffects of the defoliant Agent Orange used by the U.S. military during the Vietnam War, and surgery to separate him from his brother Viet was conducted by Japanese doctors some 30 years ago. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese style restaurant in Vietnam

Vietnamese man Nguyen Duc (back, C) talks with Japanese tourists at his Japanese style restaurant Duc Nihon in Ho Chi Minh City, southern Vietnam, on Jan. 13, 2019. Duc was born as a conjoined twin, apparently due to the aftereffects of the defoliant Agent Orange used by the U.S. military during the Vietnam War, and surgery to separate him from his brother Viet was conducted by Japanese doctors some 30 years ago. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nguyen Duc in charity marathon

Nguyen Duc, a Vietnamese man born as a conjoined twin apparently due to the aftereffects of the defoliant Agent Orange used by the U.S. military during the Vietnam War, takes part in a charity marathon event in Ho Chi Minh City on Jan. 13, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nguyen Duc in charity marathon

Nguyen Duc (C), a Vietnamese man born as a conjoined twin apparently due to the aftereffects of the defoliant Agent Orange used by the U.S. military during the Vietnam War, awaits the start of a charity marathon event in Ho Chi Minh City on Jan. 13, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nguyen Duc appointed visiting professor at university in Hiroshima

File photo taken in October 2016 shows Vietnamese national Nguyen Duc (far L) offering prayers at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima. The 36-year-old, who was born as a conjoined twin apparently due to the effects of Agent Orange used by the U.S. military during the Vietnam War, has been appointed as a visiting professor at Hiroshima International University, effective April 1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor, empress meet with Vietnamese people

Nguyen Duc, a Vietnamese man who was born as a conjoined twin, meets with visiting Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko on March 2, 2017, during a reception in Hanoi. Duc, whose condition was apparently due to the effects of the defoliant Agent Orange used by the U.S. military during the Vietnam War, underwent surgery to separate him from his brother Viet with support of Japanese doctors nearly three decades ago. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor, empress meet with Vietnamese people

Nguyen Duc, a Vietnamese man who was born as a conjoined twin, meets with visiting Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko on March 2, 2017, during a reception in Hanoi. Duc, whose condition was apparently due to the effects of the defoliant Agent Orange used by the U.S. military during the Vietnam War, underwent surgery to separate him from his brother Viet with support of Japanese doctors nearly three decades ago. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nguyen Duc visits Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima

Nguyen Duc (L), who was born as a conjoined twin apparently due to the effects of Agent Orange used by the U.S. military during the Vietnam War, offer prayers in front of the Cenotaph for the A-Bomb Victims at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on Oct. 20, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese photographer opens Agent Orange exhibition in Vietnam

HANOI, Vietnam - Goro Nakamura speaks about one of his works put on display at an exhibition he opened in Hanoi on Dec. 5 on the environmental and human effects of Agent Orange, the defoliant used by U.S. forces during the Vietnam War. The show features about 100 photographs he has taken since 1976, a year after the end of the war.