(VOVworld) -  “Long Thanh will lachen”, the German documentary about an Agent Orange/Dioxin victim in Vietnam, is one of eight nominees for the News and Current Affairs category of this year’s Emmy Awards. The 28-and-a-half-minute documentary was directed by Philipp Abresch, Singapore Bureau Chief of the German-based public broadcaster ARD.

Director Philipp Abresch and 15-year-old Long Thanh (Photo: baoangiang.com)

Aired by ARD last year, it tells the story of people exposed to Agent Orange by the US army during the war in Vietnam. Today about 3 million Vietnamese are living with the effects of the defoliant. Among 150,000 children with congenital malformations is 15-year-old Long Thanh, who has managed to live his life in an admirable way. The Emmy nomination of “Long Thanh will lachen” is a tribute to the sufferings of generations of Vietnamese victims decades after the war.

The winners of the Emmy Awards will be announced in New York on September 21.