A talk show on addressing the legacy of unexploded ordnance for a peaceful life will be broadcast live on April 4 on the VTC14 – a specialised channel for programmes on natural disaster prevention.
The programme is being jointly organised by the People’s Army Newspaper, Vietnam’s Bomb and Mine Disposal Technology Centre (BOMICEN) and the Vietnam Multimedia Corporation (VTC), said Major-General Le Phuc Nguyen, the newspaper’s Editor-in-chief, at a press briefing on March 29.
The show will bring together the victims of bombs and landmines remaining unexploded and undetected since the war—known as unexploded ordnance, or UXO--and representatives of organisations that are directly involved in mine and bomb clearance activities in Vietnam.
The talk show is expected to help raise public awareness on the dangers of UXO as well as measures to avoid injury and death for those living in heavily infested areas.
According to Nguyen Trong Canh, BOMICEN Director, publicity campaigns to raise awareness should be accelerated, especially in focal localities, where many people living in poverty and forced to collect scraps to earn a living, putting them at risk of exposure to UXO.
Vocational training and guidance will be provided for the poor living in highly-contaminated areas in the coming time once the national action programme on address the UXO issue is approved by the government, Canh added.
Many places in Vietnam are still heavily contaminated with UXO, particularly the six central provinces of Nghe An, Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Thua Thien-Hue and Quang Ngai.
35 years after the war, bombs and mines are still taking a heavy toll on human life. To date, over 100,000 people in Vietnam have fallen victim to UXO, of which 42,000 died.
Every year, 20,000 hectares of land are cleared of UXO, yet there remains a lot of work to do before all contaminated land can be declared safe./.
The programme is being jointly organised by the People’s Army Newspaper, Vietnam’s Bomb and Mine Disposal Technology Centre (BOMICEN) and the Vietnam Multimedia Corporation (VTC), said Major-General Le Phuc Nguyen, the newspaper’s Editor-in-chief, at a press briefing on March 29.
The show will bring together the victims of bombs and landmines remaining unexploded and undetected since the war—known as unexploded ordnance, or UXO--and representatives of organisations that are directly involved in mine and bomb clearance activities in Vietnam.
The talk show is expected to help raise public awareness on the dangers of UXO as well as measures to avoid injury and death for those living in heavily infested areas.
According to Nguyen Trong Canh, BOMICEN Director, publicity campaigns to raise awareness should be accelerated, especially in focal localities, where many people living in poverty and forced to collect scraps to earn a living, putting them at risk of exposure to UXO.
Vocational training and guidance will be provided for the poor living in highly-contaminated areas in the coming time once the national action programme on address the UXO issue is approved by the government, Canh added.
Many places in Vietnam are still heavily contaminated with UXO, particularly the six central provinces of Nghe An, Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Thua Thien-Hue and Quang Ngai.
35 years after the war, bombs and mines are still taking a heavy toll on human life. To date, over 100,000 people in Vietnam have fallen victim to UXO, of which 42,000 died.
Every year, 20,000 hectares of land are cleared of UXO, yet there remains a lot of work to do before all contaminated land can be declared safe./.
