Article: International Task Force Reports Progress in Addressing Impact of Dioxin in Vietnam

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Corrosive Legacy of War Gradually Yielding to Cooperative Healing Effort

HANOI, Vietnam, Feb. 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Thirty-three years after the end of the Vietnam War, a series of new measures to address the spread and impact of toxic dioxin used in the war are beginning to yield results, according to a high-level working group of Vietnamese and American leaders working to address the legacy of Agent Orange in Vietnam.

The US-Vietnam Dialogue Group on Agent Orange/Dioxin today said that the first round of dioxin containment measures are now in place in and around the Danang airport, one of Vietnams largest ...

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