PANO - A seminar on environmental treatment in Da Nang Airport was held on January 13th by Steering Board 33 under the Defence Ministry, in collaboration with the US Agency for International Development (USAID). Attending the meeting, Associate Professor, Chief of the Science, Technology and Environment Department of the Air Force, Colonel Pham Dinh Chien, said that the technology that will be selected to treat dioxin contaminations in Da Nang Airport will be modern. According to him, all the polluted soil will be put in kilns and heated by a high-voltage power source. The pollution will be disintegrated from the soil. The scientist said that the method can reduce the costs, does not much affect the environment and achieves high efficiency. The project, which may cost US$ 34 million, is expected to commence in the third quarter of 2011 and finish in 2013. Translated by Thu Nguyen … [Read more...] about Conference to free Da Nang Airport from pollution
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Da Nang airport to receive “international” upgrade
A project with the total capital of VND 1,345 billion to build an international terminal at Da Nang airport has just been approved, said Deputy Chief of Investment and Planning Department, the Ministry of Transport on October 30. The project is divided into 8 contract packages. At this point, the first package to build the foundations and the ground floor is being put out to tender. Under the schedule, a large amount of the project will begin to be realised in December 2007 and completed in 2010. The ministry is now coordinating with Da Nang authorities to deal with the land compensation. It is also wrapping up administrative procedures to quickly call upon contractors for other bid packages. Within the framework of the project, Da Nang airport will be extended and the runway will be lengthened to 3,500 m from 3,000 m. Source: NLD Translated by Thu Nguyen … [Read more...] about Da Nang airport to receive “international” upgrade
U.S. cleans up dioxin in Da Nang Airport
According to U.S. Embassy’s Press release, on 19 February, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has contracted with TerraTherm Inc. to carry out thermal remediation of dioxin in Vietnam's Da Nang airport. TerraTherm's remediation technology plays a vital role in the U.S.-funded project's efforts to clean up dioxin contamination from the herbicide Agent Orange in areas of Da Nang airport where it was stored and handled during the U.S.-Vietnam War. USAID is in close collaboration with Vietnam’s Government and other bidders to implement this project until 2016. TerraTherm Inc. will treat approximately 73,000 cubic meters of soil and sediment at Da Nang Airport. The contaminated soil and sediment will be placed in a covered and fully insulated treatment pile structure, and then each batch of soil will be heated over several months to destroy the dioxin. The remediation technology can safely and effectively treat the contaminated soild and meet the demand … [Read more...] about U.S. cleans up dioxin in Da Nang Airport
USAID helps clean up dioxin in Da Nang Airport
PANO - The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has contracted with TerraTherm, Inc. to carry out thermal remediation of dioxin at Vietnam's Da Nang Airport, the Agency announced on February 19th. TerraTherm's remediation technology plays a vital role in the U.S.-funded project's efforts to clean up dioxin contamination from the herbicide Agent Orange in areas of Da Nang airport where it was stored and handled during the U.S.-Vietnam War. USAID is working in close coordination with the Government of Vietnam (GVN) and other contractors to implement this ongoing project through 2016. USAID selected TerraTherm's In-Pile Thermal Desorption (IPTD) technology for treatment of approximately 73,000 cubic meters (95,000 cubic yards) of soil and sediment at Da Nang Airport. The IPTD approach incorporates placing contaminated soil and sediment within an above-ground, covered and fully insulated treatment pile structure, and then heating each batch of soil over several … [Read more...] about USAID helps clean up dioxin in Da Nang Airport
