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Natural disaster recovery assistance for Quang Tri's education sector

10:03 | 18/04/2021

In the wake of a natural disaster, children have a high need for protection and education.

US veterans raise fund to help locals in Quang Tri

07:52 | 18/04/2021

US veterans gave bicycles to children affected by floods and funded new kitchen and bathrooms at the Quang Tri province's Blind Center.

Lifesaving cash assistance to flood-affected locals in Quang Tri

07:23 | 16/04/2021

The last cash handover for livelihood development to support flood affected communities in Quang Tri province is being impleting by CARE International.

Cash support for flood affected people in Quang Tri

09:06 | 14/04/2021

Nearly 2,000 households in 12 communes of two districts Huong Hoa and Da Krong in Quang Tri province were supported with unconditional cash grants to help them recover from the floods.

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.

Supporting and encouraging children's participation

08:13 | 06/04/2021

Children have the right to express views on issues affecting them as individuals, for example, in health care, family life, education or child protection, etc.

Quang Tri determined to be the first province to be mine safe by 2025

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.

International Mine Awareness Day Commemoration marked in Quang Tri

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).

Explosive ordnance risk education for students in Quang Tri

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.

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.

World Vision delivers food packages for flood-damaged central Vietnam

07:55 | 10/03/2021

The six communes of Hai Lang district in central province of Quang Tri bore the brunt of the disaster, with schools, bridges, roads, water supply systems, housing, and other buildings swept away or destroyed.

PeaceTrees continues UXO-clearing efforts in Vietnam

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).

ADB approves grant to build flood-resilient houses in Quang Tri

06:50 | 03/03/2021

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a USD 620.000 (over VND 14.3 billion) grant to help Vietnam Government building houses for prevention and response to natural disasters.

Thousands of flood-hit locals in Quang Tri benefiting from EU aid

06:42 | 03/03/2021

Recently, World Vision Vietnam has distributed 3,200 household kits to people in six project communes - Hai Phong, Hai Truong, Hai Quy, Hai Hung, Hai Dinh and Hai Duong, Hai Lang district, Quang Tri province.

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.

NGOs participate in tree-planting festival in Quang Tri

07:13 | 28/02/2021

On February 26, at Kid First village, Dong Ha city, in response to the call of the Quang Tri Department of Foreign Affairs, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) participated in tree planting, maintained the beautiful tradition of Vietnamese people in first days of new year to welcome year of Buffalo 2021.

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.

KOICA aids Quang Tri over USD 300,000 to deal with flooding aftermath

15:16 | 25/02/2021

The funding will be used to repair basic infrastructure and facilities in seven communes of the central province of Quang Tri.

Urgent support helping flood victims to build back better

14:35 | 23/02/2021

"In the new year, people often start to grow rice and this year my family will share the rice seeds with everyone to help them prepare for a new crop", Ho Thi Duyen, an girl live in Huc commune (Huong Hoa district of Quang Tri province) said with a smile standing in her family's green rice field.

World Vision helps flood-hit residents in Quang Tri

07:41 | 19/02/2021

Four storms triggered floods and landslides that devastated central provinces in Vietnam, including Quang Tri province.