A deactivation unit from Peace Trees Việt Nam handles an unexploded bomb found at a quarry in Quảng Trị Province. — VNA/VNS Photo QUẢNG TRỊ — A total of 34 foreign non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and 23 international organisations are taking part in settlement of post-war bomb and landmine work in …
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Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính on May 15 (US time) had meetings in New York with John McAuliff (right) and a group of Americans who supported and advocated for victims of Agent Orange in Việt Nam. — VNA/- VnExpress News Photo NEW YORK — Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính on …
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Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính meets with USAID Administrator Samantha Power. — VNA/- VnExpress News Photo WASHINGTON — Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính had a meeting with Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Samantha Power in Washington DC on May 13 (US time), as part of his activities …
Read More »Since the end of the war about 800,000 tonnes of mines and bombs are estimated to remain on Việt Nam soil, claiming thousands of casualties every year. In hard-hit Quảng Trị Province, an all-woman bomb clearance team under project ‘Restoring the Environment and Neutralising the Effects of the War’ (RENEW) are …
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Ambassador Đặng Hoàng Giang, Head of Việt Nam’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations, addressing the symposium. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo NEW YORK — Vietnamese experience and achievements in clearing landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) left over from the war have been shared with the international community at a symposium themed: “Safe …
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Author Lại Hồng Khánh. Photo cand.com.vn Ghi Dọc Cánh Rừng (Writing Along The Forest) by Lại Hồng Khánh has been published by Canadian Ukiyoto Publishing and is available on Amazon. It is the diary of a young teacher who becomes a soldier and travels across the Trường Sơn mountain range to the Southern battlefield in the 1970s. Công …
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The Mines Advisory Group in Quảng Bình Province moves the unexploded bomb from the discovery site. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo QUẢNG BÌNH — The Mines Advisory Group (MAG) on Monday said its team in the central province of Quảng Bình has deactivated a nearly-230-kg wartime bomb found right next to the …
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UNDP Resident Representative in Việt Nam Caitlin Wiesen (second, from left) presented to Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính the mine action results of UNDP-KOICA-VNMAC partnership, which has greatly contributed to building more resilient and safer communities with sustainable livelihoods for people in Quàng Bình and Bình Định provinces. — VNA/VnExpress …
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