War toxin cleansed

VIETNAM and the US have finished cleaning dioxin contamination at Danang airport caused by the transport and storage of Agent Orange during the Vietnam War.

The 30ha of land cleansed of the toxic chemical were handed over to Vietnam at a ceremony yesterday.

Large amounts of Agent Orange, which contains dioxin, were stored at Danang airport during the war and sprayed by US forces to defoliate the country and deny communist fighters jungle cover. Vietnamese still suffer from the effects of the spraying.