Place
Biên Hòa
Vietnamese city; its air base is the largest remaining dioxin hotspot in Vietnam.
- Also known as
- Bien Hoa
- Wikidata
- Q19316
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involved in
- Operation Ranch Hand air bases that handled the herbicides Primary record 1
location of
- The Bien Hoa air base dioxin cleanup Scholarship & press 2
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The Bien Hoa air base dioxin cleanup
Scholarship & press
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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.
Proof 5 sources
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In re "Agent Orange" Product Liability Litigation (Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin v. Dow Chemical Co.), 04-CV-400, 373 F. Supp. 2d 7: Memorandum, Order and Judgment, dated 10 March 2005, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York (Judge Jack B. Weinstein), 10 Mar 2005.
Primary record
Empty barrel residues led to inadvertent defoliation of trees and gardens in Da Nang, Nha Trang, Bien Hoa, Phu Cat and Saigon civilian areas near USAF airbases that handled the herbicides
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VN, US start dioxin cleanup project at biggest hotspot, Vietnam Government News (VGP), 2019.
Scholarship & press
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.
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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
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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.
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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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