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Norway Helps Quang Nam in UXO Clearance and Livelihood Support for Vulnerable Households

08:13 | 11/05/2022

The Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA) has pledged to maintain coordination with relevant agencies of the central province of Quang Nam to speed up the process of achieving operation permit certificate in Quang Nam in the near future.

Non-Technical Survey Enhances Effectiveness of Mine Clearance Work

07:59 | 23/04/2022

Non-technical survey (NTS) to help increase safety and awareness of local communities on unexploded ordnance in central Quang Binh province -- one of the provinces highly contaminated with unexploded ordnance (UXO) left over from the war in central Vietnam..

Norwegian People’s Aid Helped Vietnam's Province Improve Mine Action Capacity

08:08 | 15/03/2022

The Norwegian People’s Aid helped Thua Thien Hue province improve mine clearance capacity according the International Mine Action Standards (IMAS)

Norway Helps Detect Explosive Pollutants in Vietnam's Soil

13:44 | 05/03/2022

Norwegian People’s Aid is conducting a soil pollution analysis to detect explosive-related chemicals in Vietnam's soil.

Quang Tri: Cache of More Than 30 UXOs Discovered

08:30 | 10/02/2022

Resuming operations after Tet holiday, NPA/RENEW teams safely destroyed dozens of unexploded ordnance.

Training Course on UXO Information Management Opened for Military Officials

07:49 | 07/12/2021

A training course on information management at Vietnam National Mine Action Center (VNMAC), with the support of the US, opened in Hanoi on Dec. 6 for military officers.

Making Land Safe For Generations To Come

08:02 | 25/11/2021

NPA/RENEW just handed over nearly four million square meters of land cleared of explosives to the people of Quang Tri province.

Norwegian Aid Helps Eliminate Landmine Impact in Vietnam

10:08 | 31/10/2021

Norwegian People's Aid Vietnam will continue to help the country improve its capacity in clearing the explosive remnants of war.

Internatinal Organizations Help Vietnam's Provinces Clear War-left Legacies

17:12 | 21/10/2021

Vietnamese, UK organizations cooperated in addressing post-war bombs, mines.

NGO Strengthening Preparedness and Response to Covid-19 in Quang Tri

08:18 | 02/10/2021

The Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA) supports Covid-19 response in the central province of Quang Tri.

Quang Tri: Risk education reduces danger of explosive ordnance

08:28 | 11/07/2021

Explosive ordnance disposal teams are still working amidst the Covid-19 pandemic which hasn’t not yet been totally contained.

A large number of UXOs found in Quang Tri

08:24 | 10/04/2021

Nearly 500 explosives were safely destroyed on April 9 by a Norwegian People’s Aid/Project RENEW explosive ordnance disposal team at NPA/RENEW’s central demolition site in Trieu Trach Commune of the central province of Quang Tri.

Safely remove a MK 82 aircraft bomb in Quang Binh

08:39 | 26/03/2021

An 500 lb MK 82 aircraft bomb has been found in Sao Sa village, Bo Trach Commune, Quang Binh Province.

Over 350 items of explosive ordnance founded under local's house

07:15 | 16/03/2021

Following further searching on the building site of a local's house in Dong Ha city, Quang Tri province, the Norwegian People’s Aid/Project RENEW (NPA/RENEW) Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team has found 22 different explosives ordnance and over 350 small arms munitions.

Quang Tri: Over 480 cluster munitions and UXOs safely destroyed

16:04 | 02/03/2021

So far in 2021, Norwegian People’s Aid/Project RENEW (NPA/RENEW) technical survey teams have located and safely destroyed over 480 cluster munitions and other explosive ordnance in the central province of Quang Tri.

Safe detonations of high explosive and white phosphorus munitions in Quang Tri

15:35 | 26/02/2021

Explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) teams of Norwegian People’s Aid/Project RENEW (NPA/RENEW) are working untiredly amidst the pandemic which hasn’t not yet been totally contained in Vietnam.

Mapping risk of UXO at A Luoi district, Thua Thien Hue province

10:20 | 09/11/2020

Following over a year's work, the project has completed 17 Technical Survey (TS) tasks, with over 9 million square meters surveyed, resulted in 10 Confirmed Hazardous Areas (CHAs), and over 16 million square meters defined as CHA.

Nearly 100 cluster munitions found in Thua Thien Hue

07:49 | 12/09/2020

Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA)’s team recently safely destroyed nearly 100 cluster munitions found by local farmer in A Luoi district, Thua Thien Hue province.

NPA returning to landmines clearance in Quang Tri amid fall in new COVID-19 cases

07:53 | 05/09/2020

Members of Norwegian People’s Aid/Project RENEW Battle Area Clearance Teams (BAC) have started working again after 14 days of close down in Quang Tri province due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

UXO's hundreds of explosive ordnance have been safely destroyed in Quang Tri

07:14 | 31/08/2020

This year, the Norwegian People's Aid - Project RENEW (NPA/RENEW)’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) teams have so far conducted 401 spot tasks in response to EO discoveries that local people of Quang Tri province report to the hotline number. As a result, 585 items of explosive ordnance have been safely destroyed.