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The Bien Hoa air base dioxin cleanup

A U.S.-funded cleanup of the largest remaining dioxin hotspot in Vietnam, begun in April 2019; still under way in 2025, when U.S. aid cuts briefly halted it.

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    Cost estimates differ: US$390 million in 2018, US$450 million in 2023, and total funding of US$430 million in January 2025.

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  1. Apr 2019 – The Bien Hoa air base dioxin cleanup
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  1. VN, US start dioxin cleanup project at biggest hotspot, Vietnam Government News (VGP), 2019. Scholarship & press
    The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Viet Nam’s Air Defense Airforce Command (ADAFC) on April 20 launched
    on April 20 launched the dioxin remediation project at Bien Hoa Airbase, the largest remaining hotspot of dioxin contamination in Viet Nam.
    The assessment identified almost 500,000 cubic meters of dioxin contaminated soil and sediment in need of remediation – almost four times the volume that was remediated at Danang Airport.
  2. Vietnamese Victims of Agent Orange and U.S.-Vietnam Relations (CRS Report RL34761), Congressional Research Service, 30 Nov 2012. Scholarship & press
    be seen as a humanitarian act, and not an admission of culpability.
  3. Takeaways from AP’s report on how USAID cuts are imperiling Agent Orange cleanup, The Associated Press, via PTI on The Week, 19 Mar 2025. Scholarship & press
    USAID has three contracts conducting dioxin remediation at Bien Hoa in Vietnam that are active and running.
    Funding for the cleanup at Bien Hoa Air Base was frozen for about a week and then restored
  4. Viet Nam, US sign agreement on dioxin treatment in Bien Hoa, Vietnam News Agency, on the Embassy of Vietnam in the U.S. site, 2018. Scholarship & press
    The project, estimated to cost 390 million USD
  5. U.S. provides US$32 million to clean up Bien Hoa Airport, Vietnam Government News (VGP), 28 Jul 2023. Scholarship & press
    Dioxin remediation at Bien Hoa Air Base Area project is expected to last 10 years and cost an estimated US$450 million.
    So far, the U.S. contributed US$218.255 million out of a total expected commitment of US$300 million.
  6. US adds $130M to dioxin cleanup project at Vietnam airport, one of world’s most contaminated regions, VnExpress International, 17 Jan 2025. Scholarship & press
    bringing the total funding to $430 million.
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