From 1993 to 2020, the United States invested more than $166 million for Conventional Weapons Destruction (CWD) programs in Vietnam that cleared mines and UXO, provided explosive ordnance risk education (EORE) and survivor assistance, and …

Jun 26, 2023 · US has channelled millions to clean up UXO but farmers and children continue to discover unexploded missiles. Quang Tri Province, Vietnam – Ho Sy Bay, 62, was rummaging around in...

Apr 4, 2022 · The Government of Viet Nam is committed to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), ensuring that no one is left behind and recently Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính announced the target of no further accidents …

Through co-development of standard procedures and survey tools, APOPO helped provincial partners build their capacity for evidence-based UXO clearance towards the long term aim of elimination of unexploded ordnance (UXO) contamination in Vietnam.

Apr 7, 2023 · In Laos, most of the explosive remnants of war are from U.S. aerial bombing campaigns against the communist Pathet Lao conducted during the Vietnam War, according to a 2019 report by the...

Apr 4, 2024 · Efforts to settle the consequences of bombs and mines in 2024 will continue focusing on clearing bombs, mines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) left over from the war and supporting victims, according to the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA).

Jun 3, 2019 · More than 40 years after the end of the Vietnam War, unexploded ordnance (UXO) from numerous conflicts, but primarily dropped by U.S. forces over Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam during the Vietnam War, continues to cause casualties in those countries.

Aug 12, 2024 · More than 9,100 unexploded ordnance (UXO) survivors and their families in central Quảng Bình and south-central Bình Định provinces on Tuesday received packages of food, masks and hand sanitisers from international organisations.

Apr 7, 2021 · The U.S. has set a target of removing all unexploded ordnance (UXO) left in Quang Tri Province from the Vietnam War by the end of 2025, an American official stated.

Apr 4, 2021 · The country has implemented measures to clear bombs, mines and explosives. International donors and non-governmental organisations have supported Vietnam in UXO clearance and assisted the victims.