(VOVworld) – The office of the National Steering Committee on overcoming Consequences of Toxic Chemicals/ Dioxin during the war in Viet Nam (Steering Committee 33) and the UNDP jointly organized a conference to make public the statistics relating to dioxin contamination at Bien Hoa airport, Dong Nai province and recommendations on land use.

International and local researchers conduct sediment sampling around the Bien Hoa Airbase in 2011 Photo: HATFIELD CONSULTANTS

The latest research of the project “Dioxin treatment in seriously polluted sites in Vietnam” conducted on the area around Bien Hoa airport and ponds inside the airport last year recorded newly-polluted sites exceeding accepted levels.
Head of the Steering Committee 33 Le Ke Son said: “We’ll work with the US side to make a comprehensive environment evaluation in Bien Hoa. Then the two governments will promptly decide to thoroughly deal with dioxin levels in the airport. We have completely banned aquaculture and husbandry activities around the airport because of higher levels of pollution.”