(VOV) - Two US companies have won two contracts as part of the Environmental Remediation of Dioxin Contamination at Danang Airport project, which is a joint venture between the US and Vietnamese Governments.

Accordingly, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) handed over a US$8.34 million contract to CDM Smith, a US firm headquartered in Massachusetts, for construction management and oversight of the entire project in coordination with the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defense. USAID also gave a US$17 million contract to Tetra Tech Inc., another U.S. firm headquartered in California, for the excavation and construction components of the project. The Environmental Remediation of Dioxin Contamination at Danang Airport Project involves cleaning up around 73,000 cubic metres of contaminated soil and sediment at the airport. The project is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2016.