Film about Agent Orange in Vietnam nominated for Emmy

On August 9, the American Emmy Awards Organizing Committee announced the official nominations for the 2016 international news and current affairs television category. Accordingly, the report "Long Thanh will lachen" (tentatively translated as "Long Thanh wants to laugh") was included in the list of 8 nominations for this prestigious award category.

The announcement, made one day before "Vietnam Agent Orange Victims Day, August 10," is considered a meaningful recognition of author Philipp Abresch, who is currently the Chief Representative of Germany's ARD channel in Singapore.

Author Philipp Abresch and the character of the report - 15-year-old boy Long Thanh. (Source: www.daserste.de)

According to the Emmy Awards Organizing Committee's citation, the work tells the story of Agent Orange victims poisoned by herbicides used by the US military during the Vietnam War and 40 years after the war, generations of Vietnamese people continue to suffer the consequences of Agent Orange, such as the case of 15-year-old Long Thanh in the report.

However, overcoming fate, the boy Long Thanh still lives with great determination and is truly admirable.

Long Thanh's two brothers were born with birth defects due to their father being exposed to Agent Orange and they are almost unable to do anything without help from their parents.

The film crew even went to Tu Du Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City to meet the victims directly and see with their own eyes the deformed bodies that were not fortunate enough to be human.

With the toxic chemicals used by the US military on a large scale to clear Vietnam's forests, the terrible consequences are still left in the soil, in the water and on people.

According to the report, the war has been over for more than 40 years, but there are still 3 million Vietnamese people suffering from the consequences of Agent Orange and 150,000 children born with severe deformities.

The report also said that Vietnam has long called for support to ease the pain of Agent Orange, but up to now, the US government has still doubted, rejected or denied responsibility, claiming that there is "no direct connection" between Agent Orange and deformed children.

In addition to the above work, there are 7 other television works on news and current affairs from 6 countries on 3 continents competing for the International Emmy Award.

The winning work will be announced in New York (USA) on September 21, alongside works on American news and documentaries.

The Emmy Awards are the television industry's most prestigious awards and are considered the Oscars of television.

The report "Long Thanh will lachen" being nominated for the national Emmy award will add a voice and share the pain that Vietnamese families have had to endure for many generations after the war.

According to Vietnam+