In the meeting, the United States mended relations by providing support for HIV/AIDS and bird flu in Vietnam, and Bush even praised the progress Vietnam had made. Although this event occurred years after the Vietnam War, this is a relatively short time frame considering the number of deaths and the effects of Agent Orange. Thirty years is not a long time to reconcile countries, considering the fact that Vietnam needs to create peace villages for children still affected by Agent Orange (Dainton). Agent Orange continues to cause birth defects in Vietnam and has done so since its use began during the Vietnam War (Schmidt). Bush visited Vietnam, praising its progress and growth despite the war caused and exacerbated by American ideals. This act of humility would not have happened without Agent Orange. The goal of U.S.-Vietnam relations would not be to improve the health of their people. US contributions to Vietnam would likely consist of providing socioeconomic support, not HIV/AIDS or (socialist) avian influenza. Without Agent Orange there would be much less humanitarian attention paid to aid for Vietnam. Bush's decision to meet with President Triết reformed US-Vietnam relations by re-establishing trade. This brief period of extremely violent and deadly war followed by humanitarian support and aid probably would not have occurred with Agent Orange. Agent Orange provided faces to those affected by the Vietnam War to convince Americans to be humane in their actions and right the wrongs they had done