Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has signed a decision approving a 2023-2025 national action programme on the settlement of consequences of unexploded ordnances (UXOs) left by the war.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A resident of Duong Hoa Commune in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue went out last Tuesday looking for honey. Instead, he found a bomb in the local Dai Bac Forest. 

  VietNamNet Bridge – A delegation from the US’s Salisbury University learned about wartime unexploded ordnance (UXO) and landmine-related issues in Vietnam in Hanoi on January 7.

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The Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs on June 17 announced plans to relax visa rules for tourists from Vietnam, Indonesia and the Philippines in a bid to double the number of foreign visitors ahead of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A 300-kg bomb was discovered just about 200m away from the trail of locals in Dak R’lap District in the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong on August 21.