Chemical Corps announces task performance in war-left aftermaths

Major General Ha Van Cu addresses the event.

The event witnessed the participation of Major General Ha Van Cu, Chief of the Chemical Corps and General Director of the National Action Center for Toxic Chemicals and Environmental Treatment (NACCET), Senior Colonel Trinh Thanh Dong, Commander of the Chemical Corps, and representatives of the central and local press agencies.

Reportedly, the Chemical Corps has well conducted missions of overcoming consequences of war-left toxic chemicals and safeguarding the environment with outstanding results such as investigating and assessing the level of toxic chemical dioxin contamination at seven military airports and field airports with a total area of more than 11,000 ha; treating nearly 200,000 cubic meters of dioxin-contaminated soil by sequestering landfill technology at Bien Hoa airport; and treating contaminated soil at Phu Cat and Da Nang airports.

In addition, the center has presided over the implementation of many projects on investigation, collection and treatment of war-left CS poisons in the Central Highlands and the Southeastern and Southwestern provinces.

The Chemical Corps Command launches the website of the national coordinating agency for the prevention and control of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

In the coming time, the Corps plans to continue treating toxic chemical-contaminated hot spots and implementing measures to restore the safe environment. Particularly, the center will conduct the project on dioxin contamination remediation at A So Airport in A Luoi district, Thua Thien Hue province. Furthermore, the center will build plans, raise funds, and apply technology to thoroughly treat contaminated-soil at Phu Cat Airport; organize an overall survey and build a digital map of areas polluted by Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin used by the U.S. troops during the war in Vietnam; set up a database and information management software to support AO/dioxin victims, and at the same time look for solutions, enhance international cooperation, mobilize social resources to support AO victims.

Also at the event, the Chemical Corps Command launched the website of the national coordinating agency for the prevention and control of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD).

Translated by Trung Thanh