Project RENEW national EOD staff certified with IMAS Level 2 (04-08-2010) Dong Ha, Quang Tri (04 August 2010): Four EOD operators of Project RENEW including three team leaders and one national technical officer of Project RENEW EOD teams have been awarded IMAS Level 2 certificates... [read more]
Hundreds of unexploded cluster bombs found near house (14-07-2010) Cam Tuyen, Cam Lo District, Quang Tri (14 July 2010): Hundreds of unexploded cluster munitions, known as bombies, are being removed this week by a Project RENEW EOD team from near the foundation of a home in Ba Thung Village, Cam Tuyen Commune of Cam Lo District. ... [read more]
Scrap metal collector seriously injured by explosion (23-06-2010) Dong Ha, Quang Tri (23 Jun 2010): An explosion of wartime ordnance caused major injuries to a local resident of Tan Quang Village in Cam Tuyen Commune last Sunday afternoon. Nguyen Duc Nha, born in 1978, hit an unidentified item of unexploded ordnance while searching for scrap metal using his home-made metal detector on a hillside of pine trees, three kilometers from his home... [read more]
Training for scrap dealers is hoped to reduce UXO accidents(30-05-2010) Ai Tu, Trieu Phong (30 May 2010): Scrap metal dealers in Quang Tri Province, in a new program launched by Project RENEW, are being trained to identify and understand the technical characteristics of old wartime ordnance which is often brought in by local scrap collectors, despite the danger... [read more]
RENEW team cleans up site to build a cultural center (21-04-2010) Cam Lo, Quang Tri (21 April 2010): Moc Duc Village, the only village in Cam Hieu Commune that does not have its own community cultural center, is about to get one - constructed on land that is being cleared of dangerous ordnance by a Project RENEW clearance team... [read more]
“Peace Flowers” Exhibition raises fund to help children victims of post-war ordnance (05-04-2010) Ho Chi Minh City, April 05, 2010: Thousands of business people and tourists in Ho Chi Minh City will see, many for their first time ever, real bombs and mine casings (with explosives safely removed) being showcased amid flowers right in the heart of the most crowded city of Vietnam this month. The exhibition is called ... [read more]
