Dien Bien (VNA) – The Military Command of Dien BienPhu city in the northwestern province of Dien Bien on March 7 successfully deactivatedmore than 300kg of ammunitions and explosives unearthed in the relic site ofthe Dien Bien Phu stronghold.
While digging holes for planting trees at the site on March4, workers unearthed an amount of ammunitions and explosives left over by thewar, including 150-mm shells, grenades and mortar shells.
Upon receiving the information, the command joined handswith other forces of the province in the search for more unexploded ordnances(UXOs) at the site.
Lt. Col. Do Quoc Hung, Deputy Commander of the Command, saidthey were left from the resistance war against the French and used for the DienBien Phu campaign.
The UXOs were removed from the residential area andsuccessfully deactivated./.
340kg bomb deactivated in Yen Bai
Sappers in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai on February 7 defused a US-made bomb weighing about 340 kg in Tan Lap commune, Luc Yen district.