<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:18.2000007629395px;margin:1em 0px 3px"><a name="14a52fb70586ab29_10" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TalkVietnam/~3/g97yagaJ2Ug/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email" target="_blank" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:18px">Yen Bai defuses 10,000 pieces of UXOs</a></p><p style="font-size:13px;line-height:18.2000007629395px;color:rgb(85,85,85);margin:9px 0px 3px;font-family:Georgia,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Posted: 16 Dec 2014 02:48 AM PST</p><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:13px;line-height:18.2000007629395px;margin:0px;font-family:Georgia,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><p><b>VGP – Nearly 10,000 pieces of unexploded ordnances (UXOs) in the northern province of Yen Bai were defused safely during a three-month campaign.</b></p><p>The campaign conducted in line with the order of the Chairman of the People’s Committee of Yen Bai.</p><p>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.</p><p>Over 154 tonnes of UXOs were removed from the site and destroyed safely.</p><p>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.</p><p>Each year, more than 1,500 people die and nearly 2,300 people get injured, including many children, due to UXO-related causes./.</p><p><b>By Khanh Phuong</b></p></div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><b style="font-size:x-small"><span style="color:rgb(116,27,71)"><i><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;display:inline">CHUCK SEARCY</div></i></span></b><br></div></div></div><div><font size="1"><b><span style="color:rgb(116,27,71)"><i><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;display:inline">Project RENEW</div></i></span></b></font></div><div><font size="1"><b><span style="color:rgb(116,27,71)"><i><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;display:inline">VFP Chapter 160</div></i></span></b></font></div><div><font size="1"><b><span style="color:rgb(116,27,71)"><i><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;display:inline"></div>M +8 490 342 0769<br></i></span></b></font></div><font size="1"><b><span style="color:rgb(116,27,71)"><i>E <a href="mailto:chuckusvn@gmail.com" target="_blank">chuckusvn@gmail.com</a><br></i></span></b></font></div><i><font size="1"><b><span style="color:rgb(116,27,71)">Sk chucksearcy</span></b><br></font></i></div></div></div>
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