In a one-line email, the State Department said that “USAID has three contracts conducting dioxin remediation at Bien Hoa in Vietnam that are active and running.” Asked to elaborate on how long ...

WATCH: Will U.S. stay committed to toxic Agent Orange cleanup in Vietnam? Work began in 2020 on a 10-year project funded by USAID and the Department of Defense, with an estimated cost of $430 ...

Twenty days later, the administration ordered all but a fraction of USAID staffers off the job and terminated at least 83% of its contracts and cut programs globally, including in Vietnam.