US companies that manufactured the toxic Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin defoliant used by US forces during the war in Vietnam must take responsibility for dealing with the consequences, the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs' spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang said on May 13.

The US firm said on Wednesday that one connection opened by Beijing's state-sponsored hackers into the network of an Indian maritime port are still active, and authorities are blocking attempts to penetrate India’s electrical sector.

Many U.S. businesses and organizations have said the U.S.'s large trade deficit with Vietnam was due to objective factors, not because the Vietnamese dong was pushed down.