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A So airport cleared from dioxin contamination

The Chemical Command under the Ministry of Defence on October 24 announced the completion of dioxin cleanup at A So airport in A Luoi district, the central province of Thua Thien – Hue.
A So airport cleared from dioxin contamination ảnh 1Clean land at A So airport is handed over to A Luoi district. (Photo: VNA)
Thua Thien – Hue (VNA) – The Chemical Command under the Ministry ofDefence on October 24 announced the completion of dioxin cleanup at A Soairport in A Luoi district, the central province of Thua Thien – Hue.

Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien,Deputy Minister of Defence and head of the National Steering Committee on theSettlement of Post-war Unexploded Ordnance and Toxic Chemical Consequences, said after three years of implementation, A So airport is now free of the toxicchemical which has damaging impact on people’s health and the environment.

Heattributed the success to the Party and State’s resolve to handle post-warconsequences as well as the Vietnam People’s Army’s capacity to master advancedscience-technology.

Theproject on the work was approved by the Ministryof Defence in March 2020. At a cost of 74 billion VND (3 million USD)from the State budget, the project covered mine clearance on an area of morethan 9 hectares, and collection and treatment of dioxin contaminated soil.

Almost 38,718 cubic meters of polluted soil were buried to contain the spreadof the toxic chemical, while microbiologic technology was deployed to cleardioxin residue in another part of the airport.

A So airport cleared from dioxin contamination ảnh 2Trees are planted on the dioxin-free land (Photo: VNA) 
During wartime, the US military used A So Valley in A Luoi district as an airfield to transport and store Agent Orange.

Thua Thien – Hue is home to nearly 16,000 people exposed to Agent Orange,including 5,000 in A Luoi district./.
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