USAID Cuts Threaten Vietnam Cleanup
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USAID cuts jeopardize Agent Orange cleanup in Vietnam
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The cuts risk jeopardizing hard-won diplomatic gains with Vietnam .
Funding for the Agent Orange cleanup at Bien Hoa Air Base was unfrozen about a week after it was stopped.
The cuts come as the U.S. and Vietnam prepare to mark the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War .
Work began in 2020 on a 10-year project funded by USAID and the Department of Defense , with an estimated cost of $430 million overall.
The U.S. Embassy in Hanoi and USAID referred all questions on the war legacy projects to the State Department in Washington .
Vietnam ’s Defense Ministry referred questions to the Foreign Ministry , which did not respond to requests for comment.
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