VietNamNet Bridge - Aircraft, tank chains, specialized military vehicles and other iron equipment are piled around the village of Quan Do, in Van Mon Commune, Yen Phong District, Bac Ninh Province.


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For nearly 10 years, Quan Do village has become the center of metal waste. Right at the entrance to the village are aircraft bodies.




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Local people used to buy more than 20 military aircraft from MiG 19 to MiG 21 and IL18 at the same time.

 

 

 

 

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They also buy old military vehicles as scrap.

 

 

 

 

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A specialized military vehicles is about to be “processed" to collect metals.





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There are thousands of old motorbikes in the village. Locals buy them at the price of VND500,000 to VND700,000 ($25-30).

 

 

 

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Military communication equipment and computer screens.

 

 

 

 

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Electronics boards.

 

 

 

 

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These things will be dismantled to collect metals.

 

 

 

 

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The switches split from electrical equipment will be sold to sellers of used electronic items at the flea market in Hanoi.

 

 

 

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Every day, villagers buy tons of scrap. They have to hire workers from other villages to dismantle and classify waste.

 

 

 

 

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Across the villager roads are piles of scrap, ranging from cables to copper wires, electrical transformers, motors etc.


 

 

 

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A pile of tank chains.

 

 

 

 

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After being classified, scraps become best-selling items. In the photo, a truck carries plastic covers of electric wires and plastic materials to recycling facilities.

 


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