Illustrative image (Photo: baomoi) DienBien (VNA) – The Military Command of the northwestern province ofDien Bien on February 14 said it had defused a bomb measuring more than 1.4 min length and about 340 kg in weight.
Thebomb, left from the war, was found at a home construction site in Na Taucommune, Dien Bien Phu city, on February 9.
According to theMinistry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, Vietnam is one of countriesmost contaminated with UXOs.
It is estimatedthat about 800,000 tonnes of UXOs were left across the country after the warended in 1975, mostly in the central region. Some 6.13 million hectares of landare polluted with or suspected of being polluted with UXOs, accounting for18.82 percent of the country’s total area.
Since 1975, UXO incidents havekilled more than 40,000 people and injured 60,000 others, most of whom werebreadwinners of their families or children./.
Thebomb, left from the war, was found at a home construction site in Na Taucommune, Dien Bien Phu city, on February 9.
According to theMinistry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, Vietnam is one of countriesmost contaminated with UXOs.
It is estimatedthat about 800,000 tonnes of UXOs were left across the country after the warended in 1975, mostly in the central region. Some 6.13 million hectares of landare polluted with or suspected of being polluted with UXOs, accounting for18.82 percent of the country’s total area.
Since 1975, UXO incidents havekilled more than 40,000 people and injured 60,000 others, most of whom werebreadwinners of their families or children./.
VNA
