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Vietnam addresses post-war UXO consequences
Vietnam is one of the countries suffering from heavy consequences of post-war bombs, mines and unexploded ordnances (UXO). The country has implemented measures to clear bombs, mines and explosives.
It could take 100 years to be free of explosives: official
Colonel Nguyen Hanh Phuc, deputy director-general of the Viet Nam National Mine Action Centre (VNMAC), speaks to Tuổi Trẻ (Youth) newspapers on Vietnam’s efforts to deactivate bombs and mines left over from the wars.
US bomb disarmed in Ha Giang
Sappers in the northernmost province of Ha Giang on January 12 deactivated a bomb weighing 45.2kg in Nguyen Trai ward, Ha Giang city.
War-era bombs kill four persons each day
VietNamNet Bridge – After the war ended in 1975, some 9,000 out of 10,700 communes, equivalent to 80% of the country’s area was thought to have been contaminated with bombs and mines.
SOCIETY IN BRIEF 29/3
Germany, Australia support climate change; Public administrative reform impact to be gauged; Demographic challenges to Vietnam; Vietnam strengthens int’l cooperation in demining
