Once-conjoined Vietnam twin awarded by Japan for promoting exchanges

Nguyen Duc, a Vietnamese man born as a conjoined twin, apparently due to the aftereffects of the defoliant Agent Orange used by the U.S. military in the Vietnam War, has received an award from the Japanese Foreign Ministry for promoting exchanges between Japan and Vietnam.Duc was separated from his conjoined twin brother in an operation assisted by Japanese doctors in 1988 at age 7. Since then, he has visited Japan many times and given talks on the defoliant's damage to the environment and health of local people as well as the importance of peace.The 40-year-old attended a ceremony held at …READ FULL ARTICLE