A mobile bomb and mine clearance team from PeaceTrees Vietnam safely handled a 227 kg bomb left over from the war in Luong Le village, Tan Hop commune, in Huong Hoa district, central Quang Tri province.
US support for the war-torn central province of Quang Tri in settling the aftermath of war is substantial and the cooperation between the two is viewed by many international experts as a model for the region and the world, an insider has said.
Three foreign non-governmental organisations (NGOs) are carrying out projects in Quang Binh to help the central province, which is heavily polluted with unexploded ordnance (UXO), detect and clear cluster munitions and other explosives from now to 2022.
Vietnam and the US have been working together for a number of decades already to clear away unexploded ordnance (UXO) left over from the war, which has proven to be fruitful, especially in central Quang Tri province - the area in Vietnam most contaminated by UXO.
Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga, with the authority given by President of Vietnam, on August 29 bestowed PeaceTrees Vietnam Founder Jerilyn Brusseau with the Order of Friendship, in recognition for her efforts to heal war wounds in Vietnam.
President of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) Nguyen Phuong Nga has thanked PeaceTrees Vietnam (PTVN), sponsors, friends, and partners for promoting mediation and mutual understanding between Vietnamese and American people, as well as dealing with the consequences of bombs, mines and explosives left over from the war in Vietnam.
The central province of Quang Tri has mobilised more than 20 projects and non-project aid packages worth over 4 million USD in the first nine months of the year to address the lingering consequences of bombs and mines left by wars across the locality.
Competent forces in central Quang Tri province’s Huong Hoa district have deactivated more than 460 shells, according to the provincial mobile bomb and mine clearance team under PeaceTrees Vietnam.
Vice President of the Vietnam-USA Society (VUS) Bui The Giang received a delegation of the US-based organisation PeaceTrees Vietnam led by advisor Robert Stokes in Hanoi on March 29.
Rose Gottemoeller, Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and
International Security for the US State Department, had a working
session with key official of central Quang Tri province on cooperation
activities to overcome consequences of bombs and mines left by the war
in the locality on March 2.
Two Exploded Ordnance Disposal (EOD) teams from Peace Trees Vietnam have
removed two cluster bombs in the central province of Quang Tri
province, the teams' head Nguyen Van Cuong told Vietnam News on March
12.
Three members of PeaceTrees Vietnam (PTVN), a US non-government
organisation, have been presented with a “For Peace and Friendship Among
Nations” insignia for their contributions in mine clearance activities
in Vietnam.
PeaceTrees Vietnam, a non-governmental
organisation of the US, has provided nearly 249,000 USD to the central
province of Quang Tri to continue the clearance of landmines and
unexploded ordnance (UXO) in the province from now to April 2010.
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