A 250-kg bomb left over from the American War was destroyed by central Quang Binh province's Public Security and Military Force on August 12, with assistance from an international non-government organisation, Mines Advisory Group.

Construction workers found the unexploded aerial bomb on August 6 while carrying out renovations near the Tam Toa memorial church along the banks of Nhat Le River in Dong Hoi City .

The church, built in 1887, reportedly suffered 48 bombing attacks during the American War./.