Agent Orange: US to clean up toxic Vietnam War air base

20 April BBC

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 programme, unveiled more than four decades after the end of the Vietnam War, will cost $183m (£141m).

The site at Bien Hoa airport, outside Ho Chi Minh City, is considered the most contaminated in the country.

Vietnamese soldier stands next to a hazardous warning sign by a runway at Bien Hoa air baseImage copyrightGETTY IMAGES

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