The US Agency for International Development (USAID) on February 19
announced that it has contracted with TerraTherm Inc. to carry out
thermal remediation of dioxin at Da Nang airport in the central city
of the same name.
Plans to build a memorial centre that focuses on the toxic chemicals US forces used during the war in the central province of Thua Thien – Hue was discussed at a conference in Hanoi on October 30.
Twenty-four people from the central city of Da Nang, who have
high dioxin concentrations in their blood, were discharged from Military
Hospital 103 in Hanoi on October 11 after a month-long
detoxification course.
A seminar on use of In-Pile Thermal Desorption (IPTD) technology to
clean up dioxin contamination at Da Nang Airport was held by the US
Agency for International Development (USAID), in Hanoi on July 31.
Vietnamese and US experts on May 8 discussed in a seminar the use of
In-Pile Thermal Desorption (IPTD) technology to clean up the Agent
Orange/Dioxin contamination at Da Nang Airport.
Construction of a 5,400 cu.m. secure landfill site began at Phu Cat
airbase in the central province of Binh Dinh on Dec. 16, in a
project to isolate dioxin contamination at the airbase.
The Ministry of National Defence has briefed foreign military attachés on the ministry’s efforts as well as its international and US
cooperation in overcoming the aftermath of toxic chemicals left by US
troops during the war in Vietnam.
The US-Vietnam Dialogue Group on Agent Orange/dioxin has set out a 300
million USD plan of action during the 2010-2019 period, focusing on
human health and environment.
The US Government has announced a 1.69
million USD environmental remediation project to support Vietnam in
addressing Agent Orange/dioxin contamination at the Da Nang Airport.
Vietnam and the US have reached
consensus on directions to address the consequences of Agent
Orange/dioxin in the Southeast Asian country, including the
establishment of a health task force.
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