(VOV) - The government of Vietnam will continue cooperating closely with the US in the search for US personnel missing in action during the war in Vietnam.

The US’s Humpty Dumpty Institute (HDI) and Norway ’s Renew Project in Vietnam have supported the victims of unexploded ordnances (UXOs) in the central province of Quang Tri through a programme named “Mushrooms with a Mission”. 

Two unexploded wartime bombs that have been recently discovered at the banks of the Red River running through the northern province of Hung Yen, have been safely disabled by disposal experts.

(VOV) - Vice President cum General Secretary of the Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin (VAVA), Tran Xuan Thu, received a delegation from the Korean Victims of Agent Orange Veterans Association (KAOVA) in Hanoi on May 22.

Vietnam has adopted a national action programme worth VND14 trillion (about US$700 million) to address the consequences of war-left bombs and mines by 2015.

Vietnam will have a national data bank for research and the treatment of victims exposed to Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin.

(VOV) -The project to decontaminate the environmental pollution caused by dioxin left at the Danang International Airport after the war is currently underway.

The Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team from the organisation Peace Trees in central Quang Tri province removed 114 explosive devices on April 22. 

The Vietnamese government has provided welfare support for over 200,000 Agent Orange/dioxin (AO) victims on a monthly basis.

(VOV) -US agencies are willing to cooperate and support Vietnam to deal with and overcome the serious consequences of Agent Orange (AO)/Dioxin.