many people lived in each of those squares of ground and we calculated that probably four million vietnamese were directly sprayed by by the herbicides in the late one nine hundred sixty s. there were some tests done chemical tests done on the on the toxicity of two four five t. and when it was observed that the two for five t. could lead to birth defects and in laboratory in laboratory tests a ban came down in the united states and. the military was forced to stop using it shortly thereafter in in vietnam because one of the arguments that was made about why this was ok to use in vietnam was that it was safe at home the. agent orange is t c d d to true for koreans these are the koreans. this is the most toxic and it can stay in the environment for decades to hundreds of years and it can accumulate in the food chain we found it and in fish and turtles and snakes in vietnam for example we're concerned about dioxin because it appears that dioxin molecule for molecule is very toxic is very persistent it builds up by all accumulates in people and it can cause a number of health effects to people

japanese and vietnamese engineers can work together easily. when we say let's become number one in asia, they will immediately respond, yes, let's. the competition among i.t. firms to hire vietnamese engineers is intensifying. more than 40,000 people graduate from i.t. related universities and colleges each year. but their skills and abilities vary posing a problem for companies that want to hire them. one day he visited a university in ho chi minh city. he's proposing the creation of an internship program to attract talent. >> is it possible for us to have our programs? >> we can send around five to ten students to get experience in your company. >> reporter: in order to secure excellent students, companies have to actively sell ideas. >> we own the facility to become an i.t. center -- >> reporter: developing i.t. engineers is one of vietnam's national policies. the country's fast becoming a key i.t. center for japanese software companies that are facing stiff competition from their overseas rivals. yuko funazaki, nh co-world, ho chi minh. >>

they were later taken by the north vietnamese but tonight they are finally coming home.andrews picks up the story. >> reporter: his letters captured the emotion, fear, and determination of a soldier in the heat of the vietnam war. fighting in a brutal valley, sergeant steve flaherty recalls in a letter to his mom "our platoon started off with 35 men but winded up with 19 men." in another he vows "nothing seems to go well for us but we'll take that ridge line." sergeant flaherty's letters were released by the vietnamese military today as part of a symbolic exchange with defense secretary leon panetta. panetta in turn handed over the diary of a vietnamese soldier recovered by a u.s. marine. but flaherty's thoughts were a revelation to his grateful relatives in south carolina, including his sister-in-law martha gibbons. >> i had no idea what he was going through. and my heart now 40 something years later just bleeds for him as to how alone and afraid and scared he was. >> reporter: during the war, the vietnamese used the flaherty letters as propaganda. he had once called th

the vietnamese community in orange county is overwhelmingly republican. in louisiana there is a strong republican streak among the vietnamese and that has to do with their background. many came after the fall of saigon, very anti-communist similar to cubans in florida. there's a strong identity with the republican party. i think you will see this emerged as the second and third generation of that community turns of age and more and more they're turning democrat >> to be thing gets them in the presidential race? >> obama has a big lead and he understands the asian community. he has raised lots of money from the asian community. he has got a big lead >> one of his biggest fund- raisers was asian >> absolutely >> when it comes down to it they're becoming red white and blue like everyone else and shelling out the green. thanks so much for being here, we will be right back. ,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >> state lawmakers might take up the new budget deal this week. the plan protect education and permanently reforms welfare >> and it is designed to solve the deficit,

wouldn't go public with what he knew so he refused to stop his interference the south vietnamese blew up the peace talks and humphrey lost the election the next republican sabotage of a democratic presidential candidate worked the next democrat running for reelection was jimmy carter the shah of iran had been our guy and his entire military and police forces were using us made planes tanks and weapons so when the shah was dying of cancer and his administration fell in the nation was taken over by radical islamists they badly needed spare parts and munitions that were compatible with us made weapons and planes carter was not giving it to them barbara honegger who worked in the reagan white house wrote a book titled october surprise outlining how reagan's campaign manager bill casey reached out to the arena and told them that if they just hold the u.s. hostages they'd taken until after the election one nine hundred eighty so reagan could win the election then reagan would give them sell him a spare parts and weapons that carter had embargoed historian david brinkley tells how jimmy cart

the vietnamese and i can't look because it's it's so distressing it's so hard for me just to see that but i also feel that again you know i got off lucky and i have when i look at that i have no really i have no right to complain not you know i think i think the debts owed to the vietnamese people is far greater than any debts owed to me. in vietnam there are twenty eight known hotspots that are highly contaminated with dioxins. the former. is one of them. in the vicinity of bases where agent orange was stored and where spraying missions originated people continue to be affected by dioxin in their food and in the soil and water. it's very nice to meet you and i'm so thankful that you've invited me into your home it is very special and thank you very much that moment that. i live with more than one kid i was based in quoting tree for six months and i was exposed to agent orange there. but it doesn't look that it was not sprayed directly. at the area i was in had been heavily sprayed. i was exposed by drinking the local water and even with food there. telling me. can you tell me a littl

when i look at pictures or see the results or read about the results of what's happened to the vietnamese people i'm kind of horrified. obviously agent orange is in their soil it's been in their generations and i gather that people are unable to leave in and move away so it's continuing to affect their health and it's much more dramatic than anything that's happened to me it makes me look at myself and go i got off lucky by comparison. i feel that way about some of the other vietnam veterans children here you know by comparison i could be so much worse off i could have spinal bifida i could be unable to walk i could have skin problems there are far worse than the ones i have i look at some of the pictures of the children of the vietnamese and i can't look because it's it's so distressing it's so hard for me just to see that but i also feel that again you know i got off lucky and i have when i look at that i have no really i have no right to complain not you know i think i think the debt that's owed to the vietnamese people is far greater than any debts owed to me. in vietnam there are twe

panetta handed over the diary of a vietnamese solder in the u.s. hands and the vietnamese gave him an american soldier's letters home never sent prior to his death in combat in 1969. our report from our pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski. >> reporter: it was the spring of 1969 during some of the bloodiest fighting in vietnam. today, 43 years later, the horrors of the war are dramatically captured in the long lost letters from army sergeant steve flaherty. in a letter written but never delivered to his mother he wrote of dangers no parent would ever want to hear. "if dad calls, tell him i got too close to being dead. but i am okay. i was real lucky." even to his mother, flaherty held nothing back. "we couldn't retrieve the bodies of our own men or ruck sacks. jets dropped napalm and explosives that destroyed everything." flaherty's mother didn't live to read his letters, but to his sister-in-law, martha givens, his words hit home. >> when i read them i immediately was in tears. because you really can't grasp the seriousness of it until you read

problem is, the vietnamese believe the same things. nhk world reports from hanoi. >> translator: china's actions are illegal. the mining fields china is trying to develop lie within vietnam's exclusive economic zone. >> translator: vietnam reacted angrily wednesday to china's plans of resources in the south china sea. the corporation on monday sought international to explore and develop oil and gas fields in disputed waters. the controversy focuses on an area of 160,000 square kilometers. the sector is closer to vietnam than other contested areas. vietnamese officials say they are already surveying the same sector for possible development. a spokesperson for the chinese foreign ministry said the actions of its oil company were already made. >> translator: we hope vietnam will stick to our common ground, refrain from taking actions that may complicate and aggravate disputes and immediately stop all activities that encroach upon china's right of oil and gas resources in relevant sea areas. >> reporter: last week, the vietnamese parliamen

. >> in the city of san jose one out of every ten people who go to the poles will be vietnamese. what that tells you is the asian influence is significant. >> belva: but if the feedback these volunteers is any indication, both political parties could do more to reach one of the most diverse electorates in the universe. >> we have been able to talk to a lot of people in their language and they say nobody's ever called me before. nobody's ever talked to me about

however the vietnamese public had worries over nuclear our in the days after the fukushima accident, which made headlines in vietnam. >> translator: we need to thoroughly learn from the lessons of the nuclear accident and share what we've gained. that's the very important mission we have. >> by nurturing the next generation of specialists in vietnam, japan is showing its readiness to help ensure safety and the latest technologies for nuclear power in the country. >>> and that's it for our bulletin today. i'm cholaphansa narula here in bangkok. >>> for years, many women in pakistan who defied men paid a horrible price, acid attacks are common there and largely overlooked. the assailants, usually men, have gotten away with the attacks, but slowly things are beginning to change. nhk world's syed muddabir rizbi reports. >> reporter: when naila farhat was just 13 years old, two men attacked her with acid. one was her school teacher, the other was his friend, who had been demanding that she marry him. >> translator: my parents told him i was too young to get married. but they came back. wh

he came down in a lake, were drowning him when police and north vietnamese soldiers came and pulled him away from them. so that suddenly noah thompson knows the exact spot where his friend was slaughtered and is

she saw a disconnect between the vietnamese and cambodian students graduating high school.fill that need. congratulations, diahann, and congratulations to 4c the power. >> wow. to be recognized for something that we are so passionate about, and that is educating every single youth that comes to our door, in particular my passion for asian-american students who do not fit the somewhat stereotypical thought about asian students. we have been commit with our mentors. i am a little more nervous because i did not expect this. you have to pardon me. it with our mentor is helping youth, connecting them to their culture, creativity and their community, all the while building confidence. i think the young children here proved it perfectly. that our fifth graders who will not probably remember what was on the california standards test they just talk, but 20 years from now they will remember the dance they learned, the culture they study the, the creativity they were able to share with all of you, and most important confidence to come out here and do that. from the bar ofbottom of our

the county is suppose to provide assistance to a chinese, vietnamese and filipino voters. stay right here, st v s five for a live up to minute primary results. >>> we are expecting decisions today in the court battle in any beat same-sex marriage band. >>> that announcement is due in just a few hours. we have a long history him proposition a it here in california. today, lucky said the decision will determine how much longer the process of approving proposition 8 will take. the ninth circuit court of appeals will revisit the bam calling it unconstitutional. so what will happen today, if the court or circuit court does grand that request it goes before a panel. if not, then the backers can decide to go to the supreme court. coming up in the next half hour, we will give you a time line even and of how we got to this point with proposition 8. we are live at the ninth circuit court. >>> there are a couple of sharks out there. satellite perspective showing that. just a few residual brain showing. but notice the popcorn like structure there. that is a cool air mass and that is w

she saw a disconnect between the vietnamese and cambodian students graduating high school.fill that need. congratulations, diahann, and congratulations to 4c the power. >> wow. to be recognized for something that we are so passionate about, and that is educating every single youth that comes to our door, in particular my passion for asian-american students who do not fit

. >> japanese, vietnamese. >> no matter what your background. >> i am english. >> it is a celebration for everyone. >> will have him come out and talk about his injury. >> this is the biggest award ever want anyone to think that judges and the heritage month for this award. thank you. >> congratulations, here is a certificate of on her home. >> smile. thank you so much, congratulations to the winner's hand and jack and sunny. you know that we have many fabulous celebrations and ethnic cultural performances. this year is no exception. the fourth and fifth graders have been learning about polynesian methods, legend, and history since the first day of school. the children creative dance scenes and learn different polynesian dances. tonight, they are making their debut performance just for you. they are dancing a preview of polynesian dances that as a snippet of the full-length production they will perform this week at their school. please welcome -- [applause] ♪ ♪ >> [singing foreign language] ♪ >> [foreign language singing] ♪ ♪ >> [foreign languagee singing] ♪ [applause] >> hang ten, al

leon panetta told by his vietnamese counterpart that the u.s.ld be given access to sites believed to contain remains of u.s. troops. 1,234 service men still missing in vietnam. they have been searching for the fallen since 1973. they blocked investigators from 34 promising sites. the investigators say time is running out. generation of witnesses are aging or dying themselves. in exclusive interview with fox news, panetta surveyed a port that may come in handy as the u.s. shifts focus to asia and 60% of the warship. >> i am feeling more confident on the strategy in place and we're focused on the pa of course. >> panetta brought a diary taken from a north vietnamese soldier killed in 1966. the vietnamese gave panetta letters written from g.i. from columbia, south carolina. steve flaherty killed in action in 1969. at the time, the vietcong took letters written to him by his family. the first significant exchange of war artifacts between the countries since normalization 17 years ago. >> the letters were used by the vietnamese according to the u.s.

a vietnamese woman artist, composure you name it she does it. i wonder if she bakes i never asked her but. this is a buddhist heart. each time i burned my body for you my heart remanipulained in . i watched the saffron flames engulf me seer my skin, flesh of a plum stripped of it's peel. tender and glowing like mars, i would rise to the sky for you to see me. in those moments i was your torch and we were united. united by the scents the heat the shutter. for love of another i'd say to myself, faithful in muted pain. my hope, my heart extinguishing as you stood there paralyzed each time like a still camera unable to look away. infraction. if my love were smooth and lustrous would you spit me open and fill me up again. would you kiss the scar you made of me name it and claim me like a mountain. bear witness to holiness where 2 rocks collide. if my was unpenetrable and clear would you search your whole life destroying me just to hold me to the light? i am listening you like rain that slips through fingers missing you like childhood dreams and mothe

several million vietnamese and american soldiers who fought in vietnam were affected by agent orange. their children and grandchildren continue to suffer the affects. dioxin remains in the soil of vietnam today and the land has yet to recover. what might happen if i train one nine hundred sixty six and sixty eight a lot of chemical was sprayed into aung sun mountains and along the border with laos told. that they did i get it for them the hills were covered with large trees that yeah they could thank. all those. that want me out after the chemicals were sprayed all the trees died from truong song to acquiring tree now for one thing when i go out on not be not we used to have many precious animals in this area we have a little bit you know yes you know that. you know my god there were elephants and tigers bears and lions i want to bet that if they didn't make it up on my back i but that got through i didn't know they were precious birds including peacocks i know enough to lay out. much how i want to be they were all destroyed by the war not only by bombs but by chemicals. in vietnam ag

several million vietnamese and american soldiers who fought in vietnam were affected by agent orange. their children and grandchildren continue to suffer they have. it's. dioxin remains in the soil of vietnam today and the land has yet to recover. from the tween one nine hundred sixty six and sixty eight a lot of chemical was sprayed into wrong so on mountains and along the border with laos. i get it for them the hills were covered with large trees. yeah. after the chemicals were sprayed all the trees died from truong sawn to acquiring tree. we used to have many precious animals in this area. that's. why. they were elephants and tigers bears and lions i want to. say that. they were precious birds including peacocks. they were all destroyed by the war not only by bombs but by chemicals. in vietnam agent orange was only sprayed in the south but there are many victims in the north as well thought they were exposed in the jungles of the south while fighting in the north vietnamese army. after serving in the war these veterans began to develop cancer diabetes and other illnesses. many of t

panetta also exchanged war artifacts with his vietnamese counterpart. they traded the war-time letters of a fallen u.s. soldier for the diary of a vietnamese soldier. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to jeff. >> brown: a bitterly divided electorate; a long tradition of political experiments; outside money helping fund the most expensive campaign in state history and national repercussions whatever the outcome of the vote: welcome to wisconsin. ( cheering ) ( cars honking ) >> brown: a pedestrian overpass atop i-94 outside milwaukee: it's not the most obvious place to wage political guerrilla warfare, but for these supporters of wisconsin's republican governor scott walker, the stakes in tomorrow's recall election couldn't be higher and anything goes. >> it's a power struggle >> brown: yeah? a power struggle between... >> between the taxpayers and the public workers unions. >> brown: what kind of reaction are you getting from people? >> we're getting a lot of beeping and thumbs up. we're getting a few not so nice gestures. >> brown: g

here in little saigon, we have tried the vietnamese food as well to represent the real saigon. hopefully to make it better and better every day and bring more people here. that is what i want to say, thanks for the help from this city, the supervisors. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, mayor. thank you, mohammed nuru. >> awe. [laughter] >> good luck. thank you. >> said it is to follow a in a little bit on what the mayor said, a turtle tower will be expanding. please look for us but we will expand to three doors down here. about 2013, there will not be any problem waiting in the rain are in the sun. we will have a perfect coverage and shelter. thank you for everybody's support. this place means a lot to us. now that we are a part of the community and a prominent merchant for little saigon, we hope we will develop more jobs and provide more services to everybody. thank you. [applause] >> kathy is a product of our public schools here in san francisco and not only speak us in delicia -- english but speaks vietnamese, cantonese, and spanish. she will probably be taking my place. t

a reminder of the 58,000 american troops who died fighting the vietnamese forces.ecretary leon panetta returned a thin diary found on the body of a vietnamese soldier in 1966. it contained this photo perhaps the soldier's daughters or sisters. in return, panetta was given three letters written by this man, army sergeant steve flaherty of columbia, south carolina, who chronicled the fear and exhaustion of that war and wrote to a woman named betty this "i felt bullets going past me. i have never been so scared in my life" and flaherty of member of the 101st airborne decision was killed in march 1969. >>> coming up, a bald eagle hobbled on the side of a highway. tonight, an army of good samaritan samaritans trying to save him. in the big apple. ub adjusting to city life was hard for me. and becoming a fulltime indoor cat wasn't easy for atti. but we had each other and he had purina cat chow indoor. he absolutely loved it. and i knew he was getting everything he needed to stay healthy indoors. and after a couple of weeks, i knew we were finally home! [ female announcer