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Quang Tri: 119kg wartime bomb successfully handled

The PeaceTrees Vietnam (PTVN), the first US NGO licensed to operate in the search and clearance of unexploded ordnances (UXOs) in Vietnam, said it has successfully handled a 119kg MK81 bomb left from the war discovered in the central province of Quang Tri.
Quang Tri: 119kg wartime bomb successfully handled ảnh 1The PeaceTrees Vietnam team moves the bomb out of the ground (Photo: PTVN team EOD1)
Quang Tri (VNA) – The PeaceTrees Vietnam (PTVN),the first US NGO licensed to operate in the search and clearance of unexploded ordnances (UXOs) in Vietnam, saidit has successfully handled a 119kg MK81 bomb left from the war discovered inthe central province of Quang Tri.  

The high-explosive, aircraft bomb was detected by Ho VanThanh, a resident in Huong Hoa district, when doing farm works.

Informed of the explosive found at a depth of 15cm, a PTVN mobile mine clearance teamquickly arrived at the scene. They then moved the bomb, with adiameter of 230mm and a length of 1.88m, to a place for detonation.

The PTVN operates in the central region to supportcommunities and people severely affected by the consequences of war viahumanitarian actions and development assistance. Between 1995 and now, theorganisation has handled over 140,000 explosives, cleared over 2,200 hectaresof land, educated over 180,000 people on mine accident prevention, built kindergartens,and aided victims and their families.

Quang Tri is the most polluted locality in Vietnam in terms of UXOs. Landmines andbombs have killed over 3,430 people and injured 5,100 others since the warended in 1975.

So far, 34 non-governmental and 23 internationalorganisations have joined bomb and mine clearance efforts in the province, whichtargets becoming the first locality nationwide to be free from wartime bombs,mines and other UXOs by 2025./.
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