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Agent Orange cleanup and other efforts critical to ties with Vietnam jeopardized by USAID cuts

The Trump administration's cuts to USAID halted efforts to clear unexploded munitions and aid for war victims, significantly impacting projects in Vietnam.
Funding for the Agent Orange cleanup at Bien Hoa Air Base was temporarily unfrozen, but it is uncertain how effectively the funds will be distributed.
Suspension of USAID-supported projects threatens human safety and the environment in affected areas, as stated by an unnamed source.
The cuts expose many to health hazards and risk damaging diplomatic relations with Vietnam, signaling that the U.S. Cannot be trusted if commitments are left unfulfilled.

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Fast Company

How USAID cuts threaten the Agent Orange cleanup and other efforts in Vietnam

At a former American air base in southern Vietnam, work abruptly stopped last month on efforts to clean up tons of soil contaminated with deadly dioxin from the military’s Agent Orange defoliant. The Trump administration’s broad cuts to USAID also halted efforts to clear unexploded American munitions and landmines, a rehabilitation program for war victims, and work on a museum exhibit detailing U.S. efforts to remediate the damage of the Vietnam…

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Military.com

Agent Orange Cleanup and Other Efforts Critical to Ties with Vietnam Jeopardized by USAID Cuts

At a former American air base in southern Vietnam, work abruptly stopped last month on efforts to clean up tons of soil contaminated with deadly dioxin from the military’s Agent Orange defoliant.

1 day ago·San Francisco, United States

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Radio France Internationale

Madagascar: in the grip of intense weather, the Great South affected by the USAID cuts

In Madagascar, the Great South of the island, which is usually plagued by drought and famine, has just undergone two intense weather events within 15 days. A cyclone followed by a tropical storm, which killed nine people, leaving more than 115,000 people suffering more than ever. The recent withdrawal of US aid, stopped several dozen projects. Today, the NGO Action Against Hunger, which was involved massively in this area and which has also had …

1 day ago·Paris, France

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Agent Orange cleanup and other efforts critical to ties with Vietnam jeopardized by USAID cuts

At a former American air base in southern Vietnam, work abruptly stopped last month on efforts to clean up tons of soil contaminated with deadly dioxin from the military’s Agent Orange defoliant.

1 day ago·United States

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Salon

Trump halted an Agent Orange cleanup. That puts hundreds of thousands

Diplomats in Vietnam warned that halting USAID’s efforts to clean up postwar pesticides would be a catastrophe

1 day ago·San Francisco, United States

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INDY Week

A Furloughed Foreign Aid Worker Says Trump Should Be More Like Ted Lasso

The Trump administration and Republican senators should take a note from Ted Lasso and “be curious, not judgmental” about the real value of USAID spending.

2 days ago

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