War-time bomb safely defused in Nghe An province
Nghe
An (VNA) – A 226-kilogramme bomb left over from the war was safely deactivated by the military command and sappers of the central province of Nghe
An on April 8.
Locals in Thach Son hamlet, Ngoc Son commune, Thanh Chuong district discovered
the bomb at a depth of 50 centimetres while digging soil for road construction.
The bomb, 25 centimetres in diameter, 150
centimetres in length, and labelled MK-82, was safely removed and defused at a
designated site in Thanh Thuy commune.
According to the Technology Centre for Bomb and Mine Disposal under the
Engineering Command, up to 7,645 of the 8,686 communes in Vietnam’s 63
provinces and cities are polluted with unexploded ordnance (UXOs).
Statistics from the National Steering Committee for Recovery over Postwar Bomb
and Landmine Impacts showed that some 800,000 tonnes of UXOs are scattered
across 6.6 million hectares, or 20.12% of the country’s land, mainly in the
central region, putting people in danger everyday./.