Updated : 6:00 PM, 12/16/2009
US pledges to assist Vietnam in tackling Agent Orange/dioxin| |
The US embassy in Vietnam and the Vietnamese Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment have signed a Memorandum-of-Understanding for an environmental health and remediation programme related to dioxin.
The agreement, signed in Hanoi on December 16, marks a milestone in bilateral commitments to seeking the most effective solutions for containing dioxin in a mode that is environmentally friendly and based on internationally-recognized routines.
Since 2001, the US and Vietnamese governments have worked closely together on the issue of Agent Orange/Dioxin.
In 2007 and 2009, the US Congress allocated a total of US$6 million for efforts to ease the impact of dioxin in Vietnam.
The sum comprises US$2 million under cooperative agreements on providing health, education and social services for the handicapped in Danang. It is part of a larger sum of over US$46 million that the US has provided for assisting Vietnamese people with disabilities.
In September 2009, the US spent $1.9 million helping Vietnam set up a project to treat and contain dioxin left in the Danang airport after war.
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