Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam and the United States will convene the third annual meeting of the Joint Advisory Committee (JAC) on Agent Orange/dioxin in September, the US Embassy announced on July 2.

According to the embassy, the high-level scientific dialogue on AO/dioxin this year will help continue cooperation activities between the two sides and bring for the first time an opportunity of collaboration with donors’ community.

The JAC sees the participation of representatives from the US’s Departments of State, Defence, and Health and Human Services, the Environment Protection Agency, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The committee works to increase the bilateral coordination and cooperation in health care and study of AO/dioxin impacts on the environment through scientific discussions to provide suggestions to the two governments’ policy making.