Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh, permanent member of the Central Military Commission and Deputy Defense Minister, received the out-going director of the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) in Vietnam Kim Jin-oh on February 5 at the headquarters of the Ministry of National Defense (MND).

The Military Command of the central province of Quảng Bình has successfully defused a 220kg bomb that was found by a local resident in Bố Trạch District.

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) on Tuesday reported about unexploded ordnance (UXO) contamination from past wars in Việt Nam and activities undertaken to mitigate its effects.

The seven-foot bomb is lying directly under the city’s historic Long Bien Bridge.

Authorities say it may take more than a century to clear the country of the deadly legacy of war.

South Korea will provide $20 million in aid to support the removal of landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) in Vietnam under a project launched on Monday.

Colonel Nguyen Hanh Phuc, deputy director-general of the Viet Nam National Mine Action Centre (VNMAC), speaks to Tuổi Trẻ (Youth) newspapers on Vietnam’s efforts to deactivate bombs and mines left over from the wars.

A ceremony was held in Quy Nhon city, the central province of Binh Dinh, on March 31 in response to International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action (April 4).

200 bomb and mine detectors were given to the Vietnam National Mine Action Centre (VNMAC) at a ceremony in Quang Binh province on Tuesday.