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May 13, 2019 · From 1962 to 1971, the American military sprayed vast areas of Vietnam with Agent Orange, leaving dioxin contamination that has severely affected the health of three generations of Vietnamese. Now, the U.S. and Vietnamese governments have joined together in a massive cleanup project.
- In War-Scarred Landscape, Vietnam Replants Its Forests
By some estimates, forest cover in Vietnam declined by 50...
- In War-Scarred Landscape, Vietnam Replants Its Forests
Aug 9, 2012 · Hoang Dinh Nam / AFP - Getty Images. HANOI, Vietnam -- Nearly four decades after the end of the Vietnam War, the United States and Vietnam on Thursday began cleaning up the toxic chemical Agent ...
Apr 20, 2019 · The toxic legacy of the Vietnam War. The US has launched a multi-million dollar clean-up operation at an air base in Vietnam it used to store the notorious chemical Agent Orange. The ten-year ...
Aug 9, 2012 · Images from Vietnam where the first clean-up project financed by the US government has been launched to deal with the after-affects of Agent Orange - a toxic defoliant used extensively during the ...
Dec 29, 2022 · The United States earlier this month announced a contract worth up to $29 million to clean up dioxin contamination at the Bien Hoa Air Base in southern Vietnam, near Ho Chi Minh City, a ...
Jan 18, 2019 · 01/18/2019 08:32 AM EST. After a period of testing, on this day in 1962, President John F. Kennedy gave final approval to “Operation Ranch Hand” — a massive effort to defoliate the forests ...
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Dec 31, 2022 · The United States announced a contract earlier this month worth up to $29 million to clean a chemical contamination in Vietnam. American forces used the herbicide Agent Orange widely during the ...