The Thua Thien-Hue provincial People’s Committee on April 20 announced a Norwegian funded project to clear bombs and mines still lying undetected in the province at an estimated cost of 120,000 USD.
The project is financed by the organisation Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA) and will be carried out in Hong Tien commune, Huong Tra district and pin point areas within the community where bombs and mines are still being found. This will help to prevent further fatalities and injuries and utilise the land for agricultural cultivation.
Earlier, the provincial People’s Committee met with the German organisation Solidarity Service International (SODI), to work out a humanitarian programme on bomb and mine clearance. Both parties signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in removing unexploded ordnance, as well as reducing poverty in the province.
Since 2008, the SODI has helped to clear 216.9 hectares in Quang Vinh commune, Quang Dien district. This year the organisation plans to clear a further 150 hectares in Quang Loi commune, Quang Dien district.
The central province still has more than 500,000 hectares strewn with bombs and mines./.
The project is financed by the organisation Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA) and will be carried out in Hong Tien commune, Huong Tra district and pin point areas within the community where bombs and mines are still being found. This will help to prevent further fatalities and injuries and utilise the land for agricultural cultivation.
Earlier, the provincial People’s Committee met with the German organisation Solidarity Service International (SODI), to work out a humanitarian programme on bomb and mine clearance. Both parties signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in removing unexploded ordnance, as well as reducing poverty in the province.
Since 2008, the SODI has helped to clear 216.9 hectares in Quang Vinh commune, Quang Dien district. This year the organisation plans to clear a further 150 hectares in Quang Loi commune, Quang Dien district.
The central province still has more than 500,000 hectares strewn with bombs and mines./.
