Quang Tri: Over 25,000 ha of land cleared from war-left UXOs
The central province of Quang Tri has so far cleared over 25,000 ha of land from war-left landmines and other unexploded ordnance (UXO) and safely handled 765,000 UXO items.
The central province of Quang Tri has so far cleared over 25,000 ha of land from war-left landmines and other unexploded ordnance (UXO) (Photo: VNA)
QuangTri (VNA) – The central province of Quang Tri has sofar cleared over 25,000 ha of land from war-left landmines and other unexploded ordnance (UXO) and safely handled 765,000 UXO items.
The local authorities have also worked hard to support thousands of landminevictims, and raise awareness of local students and residents of the dangers of mines and UXOs.
Besides funding from the budget, the locality has mobilised over 110 million USD from donors for the settlement of wartime UXO consequences.
The mobilizationof aid has helped Quang Tri train technicians, and equip them with modern equipmentand devices in mine clearance.
Quang Tri is the most polluted locality in terms of UXOs in Vietnam, with over 82 percent of its land area contaminated. War-left landmines and bombs have killed over 3,430 people and injured 5,100 since the war ended in 1975.
Since 1995, the local authorities have cooperated with internationalorganisations to carry out demining activities.
Accordingto Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Hoang Nam, QuangTri is striving to become the first locality in Vietnam to be safe from UXOs leftover by the war in 2025.
Thelocality aims to clean up about 3,000 ha of contaminated land and mobilise 10million USD each year from foreign non-governmental organisations for the task. It will strive to complete the zoning of land areas contaminated with cluster bombs and announcedangerous areas to the public, and build policies on human resource developmentserving bomb and mine clearance in the 2021-2025 period.
Eachyear, up to 60,000 people can access education programmes onbombs and mines, and 1,300-1,500 victims and their families are expected toreceive support in healthcare and livelihood development.
By 2025, all local schools will include bomb and mineeducation in their curricular./.
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The central province of Quang Tri, which has the greatest amount of unexploded ordnance (UXO) in the country, is working to clear about 3,000ha of land each year to become the first Vietnamese locality to be safe from UXO accidents by 2025.
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The central province of Quang Tri has so far cleared over 25,000 ha of land from war-left landmines and other unexploded ordnance (UXO) (Photo: VNA) 
