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On July 19, the Military Command of Dong Son commune coordinated with specialized agencies of the Quang Ngai Provincial Military Command to organize the collection, transportation and safe handling of bombs, ammunition, and explosives left over from the war discovered Read More …
The Korea-Vietnam Peace Village Project (KVPVP) on April 24 presented Vietnam’s experience in integrating post-war mine action with sustainable development at the 29th International Meeting of Mine Action National Directors and United Nations Advisers (NDM-UN29) in Geneva, Switzerland, underscoring how Read More …
The event brought together representatives from state agencies, international organisations, mine action operators, and experts from Colombia, Laos, and Lebanon. The workshop aimed to review and validate the findings of a recent report, while discussing its recommendations, with a view Read More …
Party General Secretary To Lam has underscored the need for the Engineering Corps, an arm of the Vietnam People’s Army, to enhance its overall capacity to meet increasingly demanding national defence tasks amid a rapidly evolving global and regional landscape. Read More …
A total of 27 pieces of unexploded wartime ordnance were safely destroyed in central Vietnam on 10 March, Vietnam National Mine Action Center reports. The demolition marked another step in the long effort to clear unexploded ordnance that still threatens Read More …
A delegation from the Vietnam Mine Action Centre (VNMAC), led by Colonel Pham The Anh, visited the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) headquarters in Phnom Penh yesterday to learn from Cambodia’s internationally recognised mine clearance achievements. CMAC Director-General Heng Ratana Read More …
The Vietnam National Mine Action Centre (VNMAC) hosted a conference in Hanoi on October 21 to rally global aid and support to sweep the country clean of deadly mines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) left over from the war. The event Read More …
A wartime bomb weighing more than 220kg has been safely defused by the Military Command of Da Nang city after being discovered in Tra Tan commune on October 2. Local residents found the bomb while planting trees and promptly reported Read More …
A 350kg bomb with an intact fuse, believed to be a war remnant, has been discovered in Muong Luan commune of northern Dien Bien province during flood clean-up efforts by soldiers and local residents. The bomb, identified as an MK117 Read More …
PATRICK SPACE FORCE BASE, Fla. — Earlier this year, a member of Space Launch Delta 45 was able to take part in a unique opportunity to assist in the accounting of missing personnel from the Vietnam War. During a mission Read More …
A handover ceremony was held on Wednesday in Đông Trạch Commune, Quảng Trị Province, for over 2sq.km of land cleared of unexploded ordnance (UXO) as part of the Cluster Bomb Clearance Project in the formerly Quảng Bình Province. The initiative Read More …
A mobile explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team from NPA/RENEW successfully neutralised three dangerous cluster munitions found in residential areas in the central province of Quang Tri, following reports from local residents. On July 3, a local woman discovered an unexploded Read More …
They found one while digging the foundations of a new hotel. Another was discovered in the middle of a park. A family spotted one in their garden. And Ho Van Lai and his cousins found several in the sand dunes, Read More …
The UK’s Mines Advisory Group (MAG) and the Quang Tri Mine Action Centre (QTMAC), in coordination with the Quang Tri Ancient Citadel Management Board, on April 24 handed over the cleared site after completing mine and unexploded ordnance (UXO) clearance Read More …
After nearly 30 years of international cooperation for unexploded ordnance (UXO) removal, the central province of Quảng Trị has become a model for addressing the consequences of war. Quảng Trị is among the localities which bore the heaviest burden of Read More …
Military forces in the central province of Nghe An on April 3 successfully disposed of a wartime bomb weighing over 226kg, whose detonator was still intact. Previously, a man in My Son commune, Do Luong district discovered a metal object Read More …
The leaders of the Department of Foreign Affairs of Quang Tri province confirmed that they have just received a document from MAG Vietnam announcing the continuation of the project “Community liaison and mine and explosive clearance in Quang Tri province, Read More …
The Vietnam National Mine Action Centre (VNMAC) on March 26 organised a workshop on building a national strategy for education on bomb and mine accident prevention by 2030, with a vision to 2050. In his opening speech, Colonel Le Quang Read More …
Deputy Defence Minister, General Phùng Sĩ Tấn, Deputy Commanding General of Homeland Affairs for US Army Pacific (USARPAC) Major General Lance Okamura, and US Ambassador to Việt Nam Marc Knapper on Monday presided over the official handover ceremony of the Read More …
A ceremony has been held in Hà Nội to announce the project for receiving bomb and mine clearance equipment funded by Japan for the Việt Nam National Mine Action Centre (VNMAC). Speaking at the February 28 event, Colonel Lê Quang Read More …
