French court rejects claim for 'Agent Orange' damage in Vietnam war; multinationals argued they were not responsible for tragedy (update)

Tran To Nga, 79, a French-Vietnamese journalist takes care of her flowers at her home in Evry, south-east of Paris, Monday, May 10, 2021. A French court dismissed on Monday the case of a French-Vietnamese woman who sued 14 companies that produced and sold the powerful defoliant dioxin Agent Orange used by U.S. troops during the Vietnam War, her lawyers said. Tran To Nga will appeal the decision, according to her legal team. - AP

* French-Vietnamese woman sued producers for damage to health * U.S. forces used 'Agent Orange' to destroy crops and jungle

PARIS, May 11 (Reuters): A French court on Monday (May 10) threw out a lawsuit by a French-Vietnamese woman against more than a dozen multinationals that produced and sold a toxic herbicide dubbed "Agent Orange", used by US troops during the war in Vietnam.