In 2020, Quang Binh and Binh Dinh will conduct seminars for sharing and assessing UXO safety education integration for primary and secondary education students.

In addition, from the project experience of Binh Dinh and Quang Binh, more policy and technical support will be provided to implement UXO safety integrated education at state top schools.

Years after the war, Vietnamese land and population are still being affected heavily by post-war UXO.

The result of the 2010-2014 “National Post-war Unexploded Ordnance Contamination Mapping and Survey” project indicated that 63/63 Vietnamese provinces have UXO contamination as a consequence of the war. According to the Vietnam Government, the total contaminated area is 6,13 million hectares, consists of 18,71% of the nation’s total area.

In an effort to remove post-war UXO in Vietnam, the Korean-Vietnam Mine Action Project was conducted thanks to the cooperation between the Korean and Vietnamese government.

In 2016, Vietnam Prime Minister approved the project with the Ministry of Defense appointed as the executive agency and the National Mine Action Center (VNMAC) appointed as the project’s coordinator. The main purpose of the project is to raise administration capacity for VNMAC and other agencies in removing post-war UXO in Quang Binh and Binh Dinh.

Source: KVMAP

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