A workshop on building a database for coordination in overcoming post-war bombs, mines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) in the central province of Quang Binh was organised in the locality on May 30.
Ensuring the rights of people with disabilities, particularly victims of wartime bombs and chemical toxics, is among top priorities of Vietnam, stated Deputy Minister of Labours, Invalids, and Social Affairs Nguyen Ba Hoan.
As of September 2019, nearly 75,000 people had registered with a software managing information of people with disabilities in the central provinces of Quang Binh and Binh Dinh.
More models on education, vocational training, employment and resettlement support, and community integration will be carried out in areas contaminated with unexploded ordnance (UXO) as part of efforts to create sustainable livelihoods for Vietnamese victims of bombs and mines.
Supports for unexploded ordnance victims were discussed in a conference opened in Hanoi on December 14. The event aimed at enhancing international cooperation in aiding bomb and mine victims.
The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs and The International Center, an NGO, held a conference on December 14 to enhance international cooperation in aiding bomb and mine victims.
Quang Binh authorities received a non-governmental aid package from the International Campaign to Ban Landmines and Cluster Munitions Coalition to support local bomb and mine victims.
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