75 families living near the Bien Hoa military airport,
former American airbase and dioxin hotspot, will be resettled for cleanup work.
Dong Nai Province, where the dioxin hotspot is located, is
expected to implement the relocation plan involving 300 people this summer.
"We have got the resettlement area ready and will start
moving local households in June," said Vo Van Chanh, the province’s deputy
chairman.
The dioxin-infected land will be transferred to those in
charge of the cleaning work early next year, he said.
Visiting the site Friday, Defense Minister Ngo Xuan Lich
said Vietnam should call for more financial aid and boost the cleaning process.
Just 30 km (around 20 miles) from Ho Chi Minh City, Bien Hoa
airport was a U.S. air force base during the Vietnam War (1955-1975).
The airport is believed to be the largest dioxin hotspot in
Vietnam. Studies have found that more than 500,000 cubic meters of land at the
airport, which Vietnam uses for military purposes, needs to be detoxified.
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