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.
07:30 | 09/04/2021
The Vietnamese Office for Seeking Missing Persons (VNOSMP) held a 20-year annumal ceremony to commemorate 16 victims of a helicopter accident during activities of searching for US soldiers missing in action (MIA) in Vietnam.
17:42 | 08/04/2021
Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh and US Ambassador to Vietnam Daniel J. Kritenbrink held a meeting on April 8, during which they discussed plans to .overcome war consequences.
17:24 | 05/04/2021
The central province of Quang Tri used to be the most polluted province in the country with 81.36% of the contaminated land. Now, it i is striving to, by 2025, become the first province in Vietnam to be safe from unexploded ordnances (UXO) left over by the war.
14:46 | 04/04/2021
Quang Tri provincial authorities, and international mine action organizations including Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA), Mines Advisory Group (MAG), PeaceTrees Vietnam (PTVN), Project RENEW and Gio Linh District Youth Union, on April 3 hosted a public gathering to mark the International Day of Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action (April 4).
08:34 | 29/03/2021
Designed as a participant’s experience-centered playing ground, the Mine Risk Education integrated extracurricular activity was attended by over 200 schoolchildren; teachers and Youth Union officials in Cam Lo District (Quang Tri Province) attended the event.
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.
07:52 | 25/03/2021
Apart from unexploded ordnance (UXO) detection and clearance, communications and education are also one of the importance pillars of the UXO settlement.
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.
23:31 | 05/03/2021
Two cluster bombs were safely destroyed by PeaceTrees Vietnam at Trang - Pa Tuong village, Huong Viet commune (Huong Hoa district, Quang Tri province).
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.
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.
17:01 | 29/01/2021
Technical survey teams of Project RENEW/Norwegian People's Aid (RENEW/NPA) located a cache of explosive ordnance in Ha Loi Trung village, Gio Linh commune, Gio Linh district, Quang Tri province on January 28, while they were working to define contaminated land that will be targeted for full clearance.
08:44 | 10/01/2021
Vietnam has conducted bomb and mine detection and clearance on more than 500,000 ha of land during the 2010-2020 period, in which Defence Ministry units oversaw 400,000 ha and international organisations 80,000 ha.
08:09 | 20/12/2020
Six collectives and 10 individuals from non-governmental organizations and provincial agencies have been received the Certificate of Merit from the Chairman of the People's Committee of Quang Tri for its excellent achievements in contributing to the provincial mine action program in the period 2016-2020.
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.
09:03 | 30/10/2020
Mobile Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team of Project RENEW/Norwegian People's Aid (RENEW/NPA) has resumed normal survey and clearance operations in Quang Tri Province, following a two-week suspension due to the impact of the historic flooding in central Vietnam. On October 27, four Explosive Ordnance callouts were received from local residents in Gio Son and Phong Binh communes of Gio Linh District.
08:11 | 03/10/2020
Since September 2020, first Non-Technical Survey (NTS) team of Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA), accompanied by Military Liaison Officers, deployed to conduct field visits and interview households in Nam Trach commune, Bo Trach district, Quang Binh province.
07:46 | 28/09/2020
PeaceTrees Vietnam - a US-based humanitarian organization, just announce the completion and opening of Prin Thanh kindergarten in Quang Tri Province.
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.
