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U.S. Agency for International Development

U.S. government agency that administers foreign aid.

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Also known as: USAID
Wikidata: Q217072

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awarded a contract to

Harvard Institute for International Development 1992 Primary record 1
Sources give the size as a $34 million contract (the Crimson, 2004) and a $40 million grant (the Crimson, August 2004, and Harvard Magazine).

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The Bien Hoa air base dioxin cleanup launched it with Vietnam’s Air Defense Airforce Command Scholarship & press 2 3 4
The Da Nang airport dioxin cleanup implemented it with Vietnam’s Ministry of Defense Scholarship & press 5
United States v. President and Fellows of Harvard College funded the project, suspended it in May 1997 and ended it on 6 June 1997 Primary record 1

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1992 U.S. Agency for International Development awarded a contract to Harvard Institute for International Development

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United States v. President and Fellows of Harvard College, 323 F. Supp. 2d 151 (D. Mass. 2004), memorandum and order of Judge Woodlock, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts (Caselaw Access Project), 28 Jun 2004. Primary record
In 1992, USAID entered into a Cooperative Agreement with the Harvard Institute for International Development (“HIID”), a Harvard University entity, to create a program to support the Russian reform effort.
USAID permanently terminated the Project on June 6,1997.
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
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.
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
U.S., VN complete environmental remediation at Da Nang Airport, Vietnam Government News (VGP), 2018. Scholarship & press
The ceremony also marked the completion of the six-year, US$110 million Environmental Remediation of Dioxin Contamination at Da Nang Airport Project, jointly implemented by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

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