Việt Nam, US co-operate in dioxin cleanup at Biên Hòa airbase An area measuring 37ha at Biên Hòa airbase was handed over to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for a dioxin clean-up project at Biên Hòa Airport in Đồng Nai Province, the most contaminated spot in the country.

US-funded project to clean up dioxin at Biên Hoà airbase

Minister of National Defence Ngô Xuân Lịch has urged agencies to seek local and foreign resources in capital and technologies to implement the first phase of a US-funded project to resolve dioxin contamination at Biên Hoà airbase in Đồng Nai Province, which is expected to begin in April.

VN, US start 2nd dioxin cleanup

Việt Nam and the United States marked the start of the second and final phase of thermal treatments at the Đà Nẵng Airport yesterday to clean up dioxin contamination caused by US forces more than 40 years ago.

Dioxin cleanup begins in Da Nang The first stage of efforts to treat dioxin contaminated soil with In-Pile Thermal Desorption (IPTD or thermal remediation) at Da Nang Airport began on Saturday.

US pays for cleanup of dioxin-tainted soil USAID contractors poured concrete covers on top of a containment filled with 45,000 cubic metres of dioxin-contaminated soil at the Da Nang Airport Project back in August 2012.

Viet Nam, US strengthen dioxin clean up programme Viet Nam and the US have signed a memorandum of intent (MOI) which will pave the way for the cleanup of dioxin in Da Nang.