Authorities of Yen Bai province on August 29 successfully deactivated a bomb dropped during the US bombing of northern Vietnam from 1968-1970s. (Photo: VNA)Yen Bai (VNA) - Authorities of Yen Bai province on August 29successfully deactivated a bomb weighing 350 kilogrammes.
The bomb was discovered in Tan Thanh village, Yen Thai commune, Van Yendistrict. The provincial Military High Command’s sappers said the US-made bombwas dropped during the US bombing of northern Vietnam from 1968-1970s.
Measuring 0.42 metres in diameter, and 1.26 metres in length, the bomb was foundonly 30 metres from Trang Bridge on the Hanoi-Lao Cai railway and 400 metresfrom a residential area.
It was then moved to safety and defused.
Over the years, although Vietnamese authorities have made concerted efforts tohandle post-war consequences, unexploded ordnance (UXO) left from the war stillthreatens the lives of citizens.
According to the National Steering Committee for Recovery of PostwarBomb and Landmine Impacts, about 800,000 tonnes of UXOs are still scatteredacross 6.6 million hectares – or 20.12 percent of the country’s surface area,mainly in the central region – putting people in danger every day.
Vietnam hasalready cleared hundreds of thousands of hectares of UXOs so far.-VNA
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