The Mines Advisory Group (MAG), an international humanitarianorganisation operating in mine clearance, will spend 3.9 million USDclearing unexploded ordnance (UXOs) in central Quang Binh province fromJanuary 2015 to December 2015.
It was said in amemorandum of understanding on the implementation of the fifth phase ofMAG’s project on detecting and clearing UXOs signed recently byrepresentatives from the provincial People’s Committee and the group.
The project aims to minimise the risk of casualtiescaused by bombs and mines left over from wars, and provide support forwar-affected people in the locality, which was hard hit by bombingsduring wartime.
MAG is a non-governmentalorganisation working actively to ensure safety for production and peopleliving in localities plagued by UXOs in Vietnam.
Under the project implemented in Quang Binh from 2002, MAG has clearednearly 1.9 million sq.m of land and defused about 86,000 devices,benefiting more than 1.4 million locals.
The consequences of war-era leftover UXOs still exist visibly nationwide, especially in the northern central provinces.
According to preliminary statistics, since 1975, mines and UXOs haveclaimed more than 40,000 lives and left about 60,000 injured, mostlyrural people and children.
The volume of mines and UXOs left bythe war is now estimated at 800,000 tonnes, contaminating over 20percent of the country’s land.-VNA
It was said in amemorandum of understanding on the implementation of the fifth phase ofMAG’s project on detecting and clearing UXOs signed recently byrepresentatives from the provincial People’s Committee and the group.
The project aims to minimise the risk of casualtiescaused by bombs and mines left over from wars, and provide support forwar-affected people in the locality, which was hard hit by bombingsduring wartime.
MAG is a non-governmentalorganisation working actively to ensure safety for production and peopleliving in localities plagued by UXOs in Vietnam.
Under the project implemented in Quang Binh from 2002, MAG has clearednearly 1.9 million sq.m of land and defused about 86,000 devices,benefiting more than 1.4 million locals.
The consequences of war-era leftover UXOs still exist visibly nationwide, especially in the northern central provinces.
According to preliminary statistics, since 1975, mines and UXOs haveclaimed more than 40,000 lives and left about 60,000 injured, mostlyrural people and children.
The volume of mines and UXOs left bythe war is now estimated at 800,000 tonnes, contaminating over 20percent of the country’s land.-VNA
