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US announces US$32 million contract to clean up dioxin at Bien Hoa Air Base

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(VOVWORLD) - The United States Mission to Vietnam, through the US Agency for International Development (USAID), on Thursday announced a 32-million-USD contract given to the US firm Tetra Tech to continue the cleanup of dioxin-contaminated soil in and around the Bien Hoa Air Base in Dong Nai province.

 

US announces US$32 million contract to clean up dioxin at Bien Hoa Air Base - ảnh 1The cleanup of dioxin-contaminated soil in Bien Hoa Air Base (Photo: USAID)

Tetra Tech will provide engineering design, construction management, and environmental monitoring of civil works and treatment activities for dioxin-contaminated soil and sediment to reduce the risk to people on the air base and in the neighboring communities.

In March, during a visit to Vietnam, USAID Administrator Samantha Power joined other US and Vietnamese government officials to announce another contract worth 73 million USD awarded to Nelson Environmental Remediation USA to design and build a treatment facility to decontaminate soil and sediment in and around the Bien Hoa Air Base.

US announces US$32 million contract to clean up dioxin at Bien Hoa Air Base - ảnh 2Dioxin remediation at Bien Hoa Air Base is expected to take 10 years to complete.  (Photo: USAID)

Dioxin remediation at Bien Hoa Air Base is expected to take 10 years to complete and cost an estimated 450 million USD. The US government’s contribution to date is 218 million USD out of a total commitment of 300 million USD.

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