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Fact Sheets: UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE (UXO) REMOVAL

1993 – PRESENT | CURRENT IMPLEMENTERS: DEPARTMENT OF STATE, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (USAID) | TOTAL FUNDING $166 MILLION Thirty years of conflict from World War II through the Vietnam War left much of Vietnam contaminated with UXO. The majority of this UXO is concentrated in provinces that adjoin the ...

By vnmission | 29 July, 2021 | Topics: Fact Sheets, U.S. & Vietnam

Fact Sheets: DPAA/VNOSMP ARTIFACT EXCHANGE

DEFENSE POW/MIA ACCOUNTING AGENCY (DPAA) / VIETNAM OFFICE FOR SEEKING MISSING PERSONS (VNOSMP) 143 JOINT FIELD ACTIVIES COMPLETED | 729 AMERICANS REPATRIATED/IDENTIFIED | 1,244 AMERICANS REMAIN UANCCOUNTED THE U.S. ACCOUNTING MISSION IN VIETNAM The Government of Vietnam established the Vietnam Office for Seeking Missing Persons (VNOSMP) in March 1973 with the primary mission of assisting ...

By vnmission | 29 July, 2021 | Topics: Fact Sheets, U.S. & Vietnam

Fact Sheets: MILITARY MEDICAL ASSISTANCE TO VIETNAM

THE US MILITARY MEDICINE SECTION COOPERATES WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM ON A RANGE OF MEDICAL ISSUES $10 MN TOTAL HEALTH RELATED ASSISTANCE SINCE 2013 | $ 1.2 MN COVID-19 ASSISTANCE | IMBEDDED TRAUMA TEAM TRAINING HEATLH SUPPORT TO VIETNAM SINCE 1994 In 1994, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) initiated support to ...

By vnmission | 29 July, 2021 | Topics: Fact Sheets, News, U.S. & Vietnam

Fact Sheets: Dioxin Remediation at Bien Hoa Airbase Area

2020 – 2030 | CURRENT IMPLEMENTERS: TRIGON ASSOCIATES, TETRA TECH, INC., | CURRENT BUDGET: $183 MILLION After completion of the Environmental Remediation of Dioxin Contamination at Danang Airport in 2018, at the request of the Government of Vietnam (GVN), the U.S. Government agreed to cooperate on dioxin remediation at Bien Hoa Airbase Area, the primary ...

By vnmission | 29 July, 2021 | Topics: Fact Sheets, U.S. & Vietnam

All Immigrant Visa Interviews through August 6 Canceled

As local public health authorities expand anti-Covid measures, and to keep our staff and customers safe, the U.S. Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City has been closed for routine consular services. All immigrant visa interview appointments from now until at least August 6, 2021, have been canceled and will require rescheduling when our office resumes normal operations. Immigrant visa applicants ...

By vnmission | 28 July, 2021 | Topics: Consular Affairs, Immigrant Visas, Visas

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