Denmark helps clear leftover ordnance in Thua Thien-Hue

The People’s Committee of central Thua Thien-Hue province and the Danish Demining Group (DDG) signed a memorandum understanding on a project to minimize risks of ordnance left by the war in the province on June 1.

Thursday, June 01, 2017 18:49

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At the signing ceremony (Photo: VNA)

Thua Thien-Hue (VNA) –The People’s Committee of central Thua Thien-Hue province and the DanishDemining Group (DDG) signed a memorandum understanding on a project to minimizerisks of ordnance left by the war in the province on June 1.

The project is funded by the Embassyof Japan in Vietnam and the A.P Moller Support Foundation of Denmark with a totalsum of about 1.2 million USD.

The project will cover tencommunes of A Luoi district and other prioritized areas as suggested by theprovincial People’s Committee.

It will survey bomb and mine pollutionin the communes and launch activities to handle ordnance there. In addition tothat, it will make further surveys to define and classify areas with ordnance,and assess post-demining impacts.

The project will also help enhancecapacity in information management and connecting plans of action in theprovince.

The MoU also allows DDG and ThuaThien Hue to set up cooperative relations to settle leftover explosives fromthe war, contributing to improving safety to locals and socio-economicdevelopment in affected communities through the humanitarian mine actionprogramme.

Addressing the event, ViceChairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Van Phuong thanked theJapan Embassy in Vietnam, the A.P Moller Support Foundation and the DDG for helpingthe province overcome the war aftermaths.

He expressed his hope that activitiesof the project will be implemented effectively, benefiting localities’ peopleand socio-economic development.-VNA

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