“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]
Project RENEW children’s bombs and mines paintings show in an international exhibition (11-03-2010) Quang Tri, Vietnam & Maryland, USA, March 11, 2010: In a parnership with Amnesty International USA, twenty paintings drawn by children who live in unexploded ordance (UXO) affected areas in Quang Tri Province, Vietnam will be shown in an April 2010 exhibition of the Amnesty International Human Right Arts Festival ... [read more]
Cluster bomb killed a man. There will be no Tet for the family (12-02-2010) Dakrong, Quang Tri, February 12, 2010: There will be no Tet celebrations to welcome the Lunar New Year for Ho Van Nguyen’s family this year. A cluster bomb explosion killed Nguyen on Friday morning, Feb. 12, as he was cutting weeds around his banana trees and preparing for the Tet holiday which began in Vietnam on Saturday ... [read more]
Explosion wounds four ethnic minority men near former U.S. Marine base at Khe Sanh (07-02-2010)
Huong Hoa, Quang Tri, February 07, 2010: A Sunday afternoon explosion of old wartime ordnance seriously wounded four Van Kieu men while they were weeding at a coffee plantation near the former U.S. Marine based at Khe Sanh. The accident occurred in Tram Village, Huong Tan Commune of Huong Hoa District ... [read more]
