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The UK’s Mines Advisory Group (MAG) operating in the central province of Quang Tri said on December 10 that it had discovered and defused 150 pieces of unexploded ordnance (UXO).

The Military Command of the central province of Quang Binh on December 18 announced that it has successfully handled a bomb left from the war in the province’s Bo Trach district.

French-era bomb defused in Yen Bai

Authorised forces in the central province of Quang Binh have defused a 200kg bomb in Minh Hoa district, according to the Cha Lo International Border Gate Guard Station.

A bomb weighing 266kg was defused in Coc Hamlet, Huong Linh commune, Huong Hoa District, the central province of Quang Tri on January 11.

The Military Command of the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai has safely defused a 60kg bomb in Tran Yen district on January 11.

An unexploded bomb weighing 225kg has been defused in Hoa Xuan Tay commune, Dong Hoa district, the south central coastal province of Phu Yen.

A 320kg bomb was deactivated by sappers in Da Lat city, the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong, on October 5.

Two large bombs recently discovered in Gia Nghia town and Krong No District in the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong were defused by bomb disposal engineers.

Army engineers in the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu on March 30 successfully detonated a 340-kilogramme bomb discovered in An Phuc commune, Dong Hai district.

The military command of central Quang Tri province, in co-operation with the Mine Advisory Group (MAG), has defused a large artillery shell in Gio Linh district.