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US, Vietnam complete first phase of dioxin cleanup in Da Nang

By Nguyen Tu, Thanh Nien News
DA NANG - Wednesday, May 04, 2016

US Ambassador to Vietnam Ted Osius (R) and Vietnam's Deputy Minister of Defense Nguyen Chi Vinh feel the soil that has been cleared of dioxin in the central city of Da Nang on May 3, 2016. Photo credit: Nguyen Dong/VnExpress

US and Vietnamese officials on Tuesday announced that the first phase of a US$84-million dioxin cleanup project at a former US airbase in the central city of Da Nang has been completed.

The toxic chemical was removed from 45,000 cubic meters of excavated soil and sediment at the site, US Ambassador to Vietnam Ted Osius and Deputy Minister of Defense Nguyen Chi Vinh told the ceremony to mark the first phase’s success. The ceremony was attended by Vietnam’s Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam.

That volume of treated soil and sediment will be given to Airports Corporation of Vietnam for being used as fill material for a project to expand Da Nang International Airport, heard the ceremony.

Under the two-phase project in Da Nang, which started in August 2012 with funds from the US Agency for International Development (USAID), thermal desorption technology has been used to heat the contaminated soil and sediment to a high temperature to destroy the dioxin.

The soil and sediment will be then tested to ensure it is no longer contaminated before being removed from the containment structure.

The second phase of the project, which will treat another 45,000 cubic meters of dioxin-contaminated excavated soil and sediment, is scheduled to begin at the end of this year.

The project is the US’s first direct involvement in cleaning up dioxin in Vietnam as both sides have worked together to mitigate the long-lasting effects of the war.

The Da Nang site is one of two dozen former American sites that remain contaminated with dioxin via Agent Orange. The US military dumped some 75 million liters of Agent Orange and other herbicides over Vietnam’s jungles during the war to destroy the ground cover and crops of Vietnamese forces.

Up to 4.8 million Vietnamese people were directly exposed to Agent Orange and other chemicals that have been linked to cancers, birth defects and other chronic diseases during the Vietnam War, according to the Vietnam Red Cross.

 

[Viet]

more guests to the Cam Ranh bay international port.

May 2. Russia’s hydrographic vessel Marshal Gelovani stops at the base, taking basic supplies for its voyage: waters, fuels, foods. the bay increasingly becomes a major service base for foreign ships travelling between the three big seas: South China sea, Western Pacific and Indian Ocean. nice, I see dollar rolling.

 

[BoQ77]

US, Vietnam complete first phase of dioxin cleanup in Da Nang

By Nguyen Tu, Thanh Nien News
DA NANG - Wednesday, May 04, 2016

US Ambassador to Vietnam Ted Osius (R) and Vietnam's Deputy Minister of Defense Nguyen Chi Vinh feel the soil that has been cleared of dioxin in the central city of Da Nang on May 3, 2016. Photo credit: Nguyen Dong/VnExpress

US and Vietnamese officials on Tuesday announced that the first phase of a US$84-million dioxin cleanup project at a former US airbase in the central city of Da Nang has been completed.

The toxic chemical was removed from 45,000 cubic meters of excavated soil and sediment at the site, US Ambassador to Vietnam Ted Osius and Deputy Minister of Defense Nguyen Chi Vinh told the ceremony to mark the first phase’s success. The ceremony was attended by Vietnam’s Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam.

That volume of treated soil and sediment will be given to Airports Corporation of Vietnam for being used as fill material for a project to expand Da Nang International Airport, heard the ceremony.

Under the two-phase project in Da Nang, which started in August 2012 with funds from the US Agency for International Development (USAID), thermal desorption technology has been used to heat the contaminated soil and sediment to a high temperature to destroy the dioxin.

The soil and sediment will be then tested to ensure it is no longer contaminated before being removed from the containment structure.

The second phase of the project, which will treat another 45,000 cubic meters of dioxin-contaminated excavated soil and sediment, is scheduled to begin at the end of this year.

The project is the US’s first direct involvement in cleaning up dioxin in Vietnam as both sides have worked together to mitigate the long-lasting effects of the war.

The Da Nang site is one of two dozen former American sites that remain contaminated with dioxin via Agent Orange. The US military dumped some 75 million liters of Agent Orange and other herbicides over Vietnam’s jungles during the war to destroy the ground cover and crops of Vietnamese forces.

Up to 4.8 million Vietnamese people were directly exposed to Agent Orange and other chemicals that have been linked to cancers, birth defects and other chronic diseases during the Vietnam War, according to the Vietnam Red Cross.

Could you share a post of this to my thread of [1973-2015] ? Thanks

 

[Viet]

Could you share a post of this to my thread of [1973-2015] ? Thanks

klaro ich mach et

 

[Mokaman]

Well, Chinese PLAN tried their best to make "brave" vietnamese fight at 1988.

1.First, we cut rope of vietnamese landing boats and they do not fight.
2.Then, we tear down their flag and viets still did not want to fight.
3.Eventually , we have to grab their guns and luckily one of them miss fired.

Result:
70+ viets were killed.

1 PLAN soldier(杨志亮) wounded ( the one who grab loaded vietnamese AK-47, the real brave one!)

杨志亮

He is a high rank officer of PLAN now.

Hey girl @CCP ,You call a battle when your frigates fought transport and landing crafts and shooting soldiers in water? It take a lot of bravery to shoot from PLA boats at VPA soldiers most of them unarmed standing in water.….. When you have +70 enemies dead and you have 0, it's not a battle but it's either an AMBUSH or a MASS EXECUTION. It did take much to have an award of bravery in the PLA, just grab a gun from a soldier unwilling to fight and you will have a medal... Trust me, if that VPA soldier want to fight, your general will be dead before he reach that AK... Lack of combat experience among PLA troop, mean that PLA give medals like Mc Donald give toys in Happy meals. The last prime minister of Viet Nam, Nguyen Tan Dung was wounded 3 times during the war against the Americans... Do China have any leader with that kind of combat experience and bravery?

Brave PLA soldiers shooting from boats at Vietnamese soldiers (most unarmed) standing in water on reefs.

For bravery of VPA, go ask the French, Americans, South Koreans, Aussies, PLA, Khmer Rouge, Thai, Hmong, ect... All of them have fought against VPA soldiers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson_South_Reef_Skirmish

 

[Mokaman]

One of the best picture of the war: Early on the war, this picture was took by a North Vietnamese photographer at the moment when South Vietnamese troop got flanked by the Viet Cong. All the South Vietnamese was killed or captured.

 

[Viet]

"Vietnam has an important location for the maintenance of the Southeast Asia security. It is also situated strategically on the many transporting sea routes of Japan to other countries."

"During my last visit to Vietnam two years ago, Japan promised to provide six used vessels to Vietnam and this process has been completed."

"Moreover, we are currently providing Vietnam with new patrol ships. In the meantime, we have implemented various human resource training programs to bring Vietnamese personnel to train in Japan such as those from the Vietnam Marine Police."

"The government, enterprises, and citizens of Japan will help train human resources for Vietnam’s industry to complete its proposed industrialization."


Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida
May 5th 2016

 

[Aqsuperman]

a Naval infantry TAR-21 with the 40mm grenade launcher detached. I wonder can we use it as a stand-alone weapon ?

 

[Carlosa]

Vietnam Asks Japan for Coast Guard Vessels

By Reuters 2016-05-05 20:44:24

Vietnam has asked Japan to provide vessels to strengthen its coast guard, a Japanese official said on Thursday, in the latest sign of growing ties among the states locked in maritime rows with China.

The request emerged during talks between visiting Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh, a Japanese spokesman said.

"Vietnam wants new vessels," Masato Otaka told reporters, adding that timing, methods of delivery, costs and quantity of vessels had not yet been decided.

Vietnam has been modernising its military and recently bought six advanced Kilo-class submarines from Russia.

Russia and India are the main source of advanced weapons, training and intelligence cooperation. Hanoi is also building ties with the United States and its Japanese, Australian and Filipino allies, as well as Europe and Israel.

"Vietnam feels it needs to strengthen its coast guard generally, and that's why we've responded," Otaka told reporters, adding that the vessel delivery "was not directly linked to the South China Sea."

On Friday Kishida is scheduled to attend a joint government meeting that will mainly focus on economic cooperation, Otaka said.

Japan is the second-biggest investor in Vietnam after South Korea, with existing projects totalling $39 billion as of April 2016, based on Vietnam's government data.

Two Japanese warships visited Cam Ranh Bay in central Vietnam in April, the first port call of its kind.

Japan also has warming relations with the Philippines, with which it signed a deal last year on defence equipment and technology.

China claims almost the entire South China Sea, believed to have huge deposits of oil and gas, and is building islands on reefs to bolster its claims. Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam also have claims to parts of the waters, through which about $5 trillion in trade is shipped every year.

Tokyo has no claims in the waterway, but worries about China's growing military reach into sea lanes through which much of Japan's ship-borne trade passes.

 

[Aqsuperman]

Joint Training in ADMM+

 

[Viet]

a Naval infantry TAR-21 with the 40mm grenade launcher detached. I wonder can we use it as a stand-alone weapon ?

personally I would take a Galil rifle 31 as it is more handy, lighter.


plus a pistol and a knife for close contact.

or if someone likes, that only exists in Vietnam: you take a Galil 32, add granate launcher M203 (originated from US assault rifle M16), and voila, a new Galil 32.


M203

for personal favourite, you can choose your granates from a wide choice, different tastes:

- M381, M386, M406 - đạn nổ phá mảnh được thiết kế để tiêu diệt sinh lực bộ binh với bán kính sát thương 4,5 m.

- M433 - đạn xuyên lõm-phá mảnh với khả năng xuyên thép lên tới 5 cm.

- M397, M397A1 - đạn "nhảy", sau khi rơi xuống đất đạn sẽ nảy lên 1,5 m mới phát nổ.

- M651 - đạn hơi cay dùng trong nhiệm vụ chống bạo động.

- M585, M661, M662 - đạn pháo hiệu có các màu sắc khác nhau (trắng, xanh lá cây, đỏ).

- M583A1 - đạn chiếu sáng với thời gian cháy lên đến 40 giây.

- M676, M680, M682 - đạn khói với các màu xanh đỏ, trắng.

 

[GS Zhou]

Hey girl @CCP ,You call a battle when your frigates fought transport and landing crafts and shooting soldiers in water? It take a lot of bravery to shoot from PLA boats at VPA soldiers most of them unarmed standing in water.….. When you have +70 enemies dead and you have 0, it's not a battle but it's either an AMBUSH or a MASS EXECUTION. It did take much to have an award of bravery in the PLA, just grab a gun from a soldier unwilling to fight and you will have a medal... Trust me, if that VPA soldier want to fight, your general will be dead before he reach that AK... Lack of combat experience among PLA troop, mean that PLA give medals like Mc Donald give toys in Happy meals. The last prime minister of Viet Nam, Nguyen Tan Dung was wounded 3 times during the war against the Americans... Do China have any leader with that kind of combat experience and bravery?

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Brave PLA soldiers shooting from boats at Vietnamese soldiers (most unarmed) standing in water on reefs.

For bravery of VPA, go ask the French, Americans, South Koreans, Aussies, PLA, Khmer Rouge, Thai, Hmong, ect... All of them have fought against VPA soldiers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson_South_Reef_Skirmish

interesting comment. So what you expect? A knight vs. knights fight like in the Middle Ages?

The new warships, fighters, or missiles delivery to Vietnam that shown in this thread are all useless, aren't they? All that you need is the bravery of the Vietnam soldiers. Because the bravery of VPA can help Vietnam to pave the road to Beijing.

If there is anyone that should take the responsibility for the death of the VN soldiers, it is not PLA. But the VPA leadership that send the soldiers to stand in water with few naval protection.

Some pictures taken during the Gulf War. According to you, the pilots of the US fighters or bombers should feel shameful, because they kill thousands of Iraq soldiers that "unarmed (to air) standing in desert"

 

[jhungary]

a Naval infantry TAR-21 with the 40mm grenade launcher detached. I wonder can we use it as a stand-alone weapon ?

You cannot use a detached M203 alone, you either need an adapter or a complete kits

 

[Viet]

interesting comment. So what you expect? A knight vs. knights fight like in the Middle Ages?


The new warships, fighters, or missiles delivery to Vietnam that shown in this thread are all useless, aren't they? All that you need is the bravery of the Vietnam soldiers. Because the bravery of VPA can help Vietnam to pave the road to Beijing.

If there is anyone that should take the responsibility for the death of the VN soldiers, it is not PLA. But the VPA leadership that send the soldiers to stand in water with few naval protection.

Some pictures taken during the Gulf War. According to you, the pilots of the US fighters or bombers should feel shameful, because they kill thousands of Iraq soldiers that "unarmed (to air) standing in desert"

technically in 1988, when this chinese staged show happened, VN and CN were still at war, so killing our sailors armed or unarmed should be ok. you say it we can blame ourselves. but I wonder why you continue sinking our civil boats with the aim to kill our people even both countries formally ended hostility in 1991?

 

[GS Zhou]

technically in 1988, when this chinese staged show happened, VN and CN were still at war, so killing our sailors armed or unarmed should be ok. you say it we can blame ourselves. but I wonder why you continue sinking our civil boats with the aim to kill our people even both countries formally ended hostility in 1991?

I'm sorry for the traffic accidents, I'm really sorry!

Fortunately, we are right now improving the infrastructure systems in the South China Sea, incl. a better traffic management system, just like the traffic lights shown below. Hope the tragedy won't happen again.