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Ca Mau workshop reviews communications on risks from UXO

The Vietnam National Mine Action Centre (VNMAC) together with the People’s Committee of the southernmost province of Ca Mau held a workshop on December 24 to review communications on the risks of accidents caused by unexploded ordnance (UXO).
Ca Mau workshop reviews communications on risks from UXO ảnh 1Ca Mau workshop reviews communications on risks from UXO (Photo: VNA)

Ca Mau (VNA) - The Vietnam NationalMine Action Centre (VNMAC) together with the People’s Committee of thesouthernmost province of Ca Mau held a workshop on December 24 to review communicationson the risks of accidents caused by unexploded ordnance (UXO).

Col. Giang Cong Bau, VNMAC Deputy General Director,said an online contest for secondary school students in Ca Mau was held for thefirst time in late September, in a bid to raise awareness of UXO-relatedaccidents.

Hundreds of entries by students from 12 localschools were submitted, with 150 qualifying for the final. They includeddrawings, essays, stage plays, videos, and poems.

Communications on the risks from UXO have beenorganised for more than 50,000 students at 150 secondary and high schools in CaMau, according to Deputy Director of the provincial Department of Education andTraining Le Hoang Du.

At the workshop, aid relief of 12 million VND (520USD) was presented to each of 20 families in the province’s Tran Van Thoi districtand Ca Mau city affected by UXO.

Nearly 30 percent of the Mekong Delta is blighted bybombs, mines, and explosives. Ca Mau in particular has a total of 122,000 ha, equalto 24 percent of its natural area./.

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