Sappers in the northernmost province of Ha Giang on January 12deactivated a bomb weighing 45.2kg in Nguyen Trai ward, Ha Giang city.
TheUS-produced bomb, coded AN-M30, contained 25kg of TNT explosive. It wasdiscovered during the clearing of a football field, according toLieutenant Colonel Nguyen Van Minh, head of the sappers’ board for HaGiang province.
After the weapon was defused, sappers thoroughlycombed neighbouring areas to ensure the local community’s safety, headded, noting that this is the first bomb found in Ha Giang city.
TheMilitary High Command of Ha Giang province, the last locality to berelieved of war in Vietnam, has detected and disarmed hundreds ofunexploded ordnance pieces, especially in border areas, over the pastfew years.
Preliminary statistics show that unexploded ordnances(UXOs) have claimed more than 42,000 lives and left 62,000 injured,primarily rural individuals and children, in Vietnam over the last fourdecades, or roughly 1,500 deaths and 2,300 injuries each year.
Accordingto the National Steering Committee for Recovery over the Post-war Bomband Landmine Impact, an estimated 800,000 tonnes of UXOs are scatteredacross 6.6 million hectares, or 20.12 percent of the country’s land,mainly in the central region.
Vietnam has thus far cleared hundreds of thousands of hectares ofUXOs, including more than 100,000 hectares of land demined between 2012and 2013 alone.-VNA
TheUS-produced bomb, coded AN-M30, contained 25kg of TNT explosive. It wasdiscovered during the clearing of a football field, according toLieutenant Colonel Nguyen Van Minh, head of the sappers’ board for HaGiang province.
After the weapon was defused, sappers thoroughlycombed neighbouring areas to ensure the local community’s safety, headded, noting that this is the first bomb found in Ha Giang city.
TheMilitary High Command of Ha Giang province, the last locality to berelieved of war in Vietnam, has detected and disarmed hundreds ofunexploded ordnance pieces, especially in border areas, over the pastfew years.
Preliminary statistics show that unexploded ordnances(UXOs) have claimed more than 42,000 lives and left 62,000 injured,primarily rural individuals and children, in Vietnam over the last fourdecades, or roughly 1,500 deaths and 2,300 injuries each year.
Accordingto the National Steering Committee for Recovery over the Post-war Bomband Landmine Impact, an estimated 800,000 tonnes of UXOs are scatteredacross 6.6 million hectares, or 20.12 percent of the country’s land,mainly in the central region.
Vietnam has thus far cleared hundreds of thousands of hectares ofUXOs, including more than 100,000 hectares of land demined between 2012and 2013 alone.-VNA
