[Ngo-lwg] Yen Bai defuses 10,000 pieces of UXOs

Chuck Searcy chuckusvn at gmail.com
Tue Dec 16 19:23:44 ICT 2014


Yen Bai defuses 10,000 pieces of UXOs
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Posted: 16 Dec 2014 02:48 AM PST

*VGP - Nearly 10,000 pieces of unexploded ordnances (UXOs) in the northern
province of Yen Bai were defused safely during a three-month campaign.*

The campaign conducted in line with the order of the Chairman of the
People's Committee of Yen Bai.

The provincial Military Command mobilized nearly 100 officers and soldiers
to clear bombs and mines left over from the war on a 750 m2 site at Dong
Cum village, Vinh Kien commune, Yen Binh district.

Over 154 tonnes of UXOs were removed from the site and destroyed safely.

Statistics showed that UXOs have claimed over 42,000 lives and left about
62,000 injured, mostly rural people and children, in Viet Nam over the last
four decades.

Each year, more than 1,500 people die and nearly 2,300 people get injured,
including many children, due to UXO-related causes./.

*By Khanh Phuong*

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