Dioxin

Colonel General Nguyen Chi Vinh, Deputy Minister of National Defense, told a Friday meeting Vietnam targets to complete dioxin remediation across all contaminated areas that have been detected by 2025.Affected areas include Bien Hoa Airport, the most contaminated spot in the country in Dong Nai Province, neighboring Ho Chi Minh City, and A So Airport in central Thua Thien-Hue Province.Related agencies will continue to investigate the current status of toxic chemical and dioxin residues in other areas sprayed during the war that last from 1955 to 1975.Vietnam is expected to develop its own method of cleaning up dioxin, with all such projects thus far completed in collaboration with the U.S.Between 1961 and 1971, the U.S. army sprayed some 80 million liters of Agent Orange, compounds of dioxins and dioxin-like mixtures, over 78,000 square kilometers (30,000 square miles) of southern Vietnam.Dioxin, a highly toxic chemical contained in the defoliant, stays in the soil and at the bottom of … [Read more...] about Vietnam to master homegrown dioxin remediation

US Ambassador to Vietnam Daniel J. Kritenbrink, Vietnamese Deputy Minister of National Defense Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh and other US and Vietnamese government officials joined a ceremony on January 21 to celebrate the dioxin remediation results as part of the two countries’ joint efforts to overcome war legacies. In coordination with the Ministry of National Defense and Dong Nai officials, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) has treated nearly 1,200 cubic meters of soil contaminated with dioxin at the Gate 2 Lake of the airbase. In the coming weeks after the restoration of grass and trees in the area, USAID and its partners will hand over the land back to Bien Hoa City. Following this initial success, the Air Defense Air Force Command signed an agreement to hand over an area of 7.2 hectares at the airbase for USAID to eliminate the dioxin contamination over the next two years. The Bien Hoa Airbase was used by the US military during the American … [Read more...] about Vietnam, US eliminate dioxin contamination from part of Bien Hoa Airbase

To date, nearly 1,200cu.m of contaminated sediment has been moved to a concentrated treatment area, and more than 5,300sq.m of dioxin-contaminated land in a lake at Gate 2 detoxified and recovered. The treated area met the requirements of Vietnamese standards, ensuring safety of both people and the environment. The dioxin treatment outcome is a foundation for the handing over of the land to Dong Nai authorities in the coming time. Another 7.2 hectares in the Bien Hoa airport has been handed over to the USAID for treatment and recovery to give land for projects in 2021. The USAID said that in 2021, it will focus on treating dioxin in areas inside the airport, especially the Gate 2 area and the western part of the airport which are near residential areas. To facilitate dioxin treatment, the USAID will coordinate closely with relevant Vietnamese agencies in handing over and receiving land plots and conduct treatment steps. The Bien Hoa airport, the former military base of the US … [Read more...] about Vietnam, US see fruitful results in dioxin treatment

Nga came online with her silver hair in rollers."My hair is way too long now. I have not made time for a haircut yet," she said, explaining the hair rollers in a video call with VnExpress International from her apartment in Paris, where she lives by herself.At almost 80, Nga gives herself no time to rest. She is busy with indictments, statements, speeches and interviews, especially since last January when her name became a byword for a doughty fighter.On January 25, Nga’s profile shot up among millions interested in the Vietnam War in general and Agent Orange in particular. That day, she officially filed a suit against 14 companies that supplied the U.S. Army with the notorious, toxic defoliant during the Vietnam War. Studies have shown that they knew it was toxic but decided to make it for profit anyway. The case was filed in the southern Paris suburb of Evry.The defendants in Nga’s case are on top of a Who’s Who list in international agriculture, like Monsanto and … [Read more...] about Vietnam War vet uses French niche to claim Agent Orange justice

The Hanoitimes - The US ambassador believes that solving war legacies plays a particularly important role in enhancing the bilateral relations. US Ambassador to Vietnam Daniel Kritenbrink believes that efforts from both sides to solve war legacies could help build trust between the two former war adversaries. US Ambassador to Vietnam Daniel Kritenbrink. Photo: VietNamNet The US really does everything possible to fulfill their responsibilities to the issues left in the past in order to build trust and expand cooperation in the future, the ambassador said during a web chat with VietNamNet earlier this month. The search for those missing in the war is the foundation of the bilateral relations. It is also the first content in the cooperation between the two countries, Kritenbrink said, adding that this issue is considered the linkage that brings the two countries back together. He said the US wants to show its gratitude to Vietnam for supporting to unearth … [Read more...] about Solving war legacies helps build trust between US and Vietnam: Amb. Kritenbrink