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Hours before the bombing, the head of the army, Paul Majok Nang, promised punitive strikes after several barges on a river were hijacked.

The first remediation agreement between the two countries only occurred in 2006, after persistent advocacy by veterans, scientists and nongovernmental organizations led Congress to appropriate US$3 million for the remediation of the Da Nang airport.

Large amounts of Agent Orange had been stored at the Da Nang airport during the war and contaminated the soil with dioxin.

"I'm so tired, I can't stand up, please carry me up," Lam said, according to 52-year-old farmer Ly Van Nang, who were among those who found the boy.

A close friend, meanwhile, said he knew both Thi Nguyen Phuong and Thi Nguyen Phuong Lan, having introduced them to treatments at a friend's spa in Da Nang, where he lived.