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Khanh Hoa to spend 9 billion VND annually to remove wartime UXO

The 6th-tenure People’s Council of the central province of Khanh Hoa has adopted a resolution approving a project to remove bombs, mines and other explosives left by war in the province, to be carried out from 2021-2025.
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Khanh Hoa (VNA) – The 6th-tenure People’s Council ofthe central province of Khanh Hoa has adopted a resolution approving a projectto remove bombs, mines and other explosives left by war in the province, to becarried out from 2021-2025.

The province will allocate 9 billion VND (over 391,000 USD) each year tothe project, which will be implemented by the provincial Military Command.

It aims to clear about 2,500 ha of land in Nha Trang city, Ninh Hoatownship, and Khanh Vinh and Cam Lam districts, ensuring safety for localresidents and facilitating investment attraction and socio-economic developmentin those areas.

Accordingto the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, Vietnam is one of themost contaminated countries in the world for unexploded ordnances (UXO).
It is estimated that about 800,000 tonnes of UXOs were leftacross the country after the war ended in 1975, mostly in the central region.Some 6.13 million hectares of land are polluted or suspected of being pollutedwith UXOs, accounting for 18.82 percent of the country’s total area.
Since 1975, UXO incidents have killed more than 40,000 peopleand injured 60,000 others./.

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