3 ha of Bien Hoa airport cleared of dioxin contamination
(VOVWORLD) - The US Agency for International Development (USAID) handed nearly 3 ha of clean land at Bien Hoa airport to Vietnam’s Defense Ministry on Tuesday as part of a dioxin contamination removal project between the two countries.
 Vietnamese and US representatives attend a ceremony to hand over 3 ha of clean land at Bien Hoa airport to the Defense Ministry, March 7, 2023. |
This is the first remediated area in the airport, a former US airbase in the southern province of Dong Nai.
Vice Defense Minister Hoang Xuan Chien and USAID administrator Samantha Power also announced a new contract worth 73 million USD for the remediation of 100,000 m3 of dioxin-contaminated soil and sediment at the airport. Bien Hoa airport was used by the US army to store herbicides during the war.
A dioxin removal project for the airport started in 2019 and is expected to be completed in 10 years at a total cost of 450 million USD. The US has contributed more than 160 million USD to its share of 300 million USD.