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Workshop shares global progress in bomb, mine clearance

A regional workshop opened in Hanoi on March 29 to share regional experience and global progress in overcoming the consequence of bombs and mines for peace and sustainable development.
Workshop shares global progress in bomb, mine clearance ảnh 1Deputy Foreign Minister Do Hung Viet speaks at the event (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – A regional workshop opened in Hanoi on March 29 to shareregional experience and global progress in overcoming the consequence of bombsand mines for peace and sustainable development.

Co-hostedby the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), the two-day event drawsabout 100 delegates, including representatives from the Vietnam National MineAction Centre, ministries, agencies, localities and mine action agencies fromLaos, Cambodia and Thailand.

Speakingat the event, Deputy Foreign Minister Do Hung Viet said in Vietnam, nearlyone-fifth of the land area, or about 5.6 million hectares, remain contaminated with bombs,mines and explosive ordinances.

Within the framework of the National Action Programme on Settling Consequences of Unexploded Ordnance (Programme 504) for the 2010-2020period, Vietnam has pooled resources worth more than 12trillion VND (521 million USD) and cleared more than 500,000 hectares of contaminatedland to create space for development, he said.

The event featured seven sessions discussing diversetopics, including sharing experience of Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand inthe effort; the importance of effective information management; the tripartitecooperation model of UNDP/KOICA/Vietnam, overcoming the consequences oflandmines in the overall fulfillment of the sustainable development goals,technological advances and regional cooperation mechanism in the field.

This year's event takes place in the context of Vietnamhaving recently completed the review of 10-year implementation of the Programme504 and setting the goal of striving for no more landmine accidents orexplosions nationwide by 2025./.

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