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US military officer Martin Dempsey said in Da Nang on Friday that he
was impressed by the progress being at a dioxin cleanup project being
conducted at a former US airbase.
Dempsey, the first US chairman of the joint chiefs of
staff to visit Vietnam since the war, said the project represents an
important milestone in bilateral relations.
The US Department of Defense will continue to support the initiative, he said.
The US$84-million project, funded by US Agency for
International Development (USAID), aims to eliminate the extensive
dioxin contamination at the former airbase.
The former airbase served as a primary staging site for
the US' indiscriminate use of toxic chemical defoliants throughout the
war.
The first phase of the project, which started in August,
2012, involves heating 45,000 cubic meters of dioxin-contaminated
excavated soil in a temporary treatment structure at 335 degrees
Celsius.
The high temperature will destroy the toxin.
The second phase of the project began last February and will treat 35,000 cubic meters of dioxin-contaminated excavated soil.
Dempsey stopped in Da Nang during his four-day official visit to Vietnam.
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