Implementation of an agreement between the Quang Binh Red Cross and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Vietnam, from 21 to 26 December 2018, the provincial Red Cross cooperated with the People's Committees of communes and school administrators organized a communication day with the theme "prevention of mine accidents" for people and students in An Ninh communes, Vo Ninh primary school No. 1 (Quang Ninh district), Quang Hung commune, Quang Phuong A Primary School (Quang Trach District), Tan Trach Commune, Thuong Trach No. 1 Primary School (Bo Trach District).

Engineering Brigade 25 of Military Region 9 detonated more than 10 tons of unexploded ordnances (UXO) left by the war in Vietnam at the Chi Lang firing range on January 5.

The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Vietnam and the Vietnam National Mine Action Center on March 12 held a seminar on deploying education programs to prevent unexploded ordnance (UXO) accidents in 2019 in Quang Binh province.

Vietnam is one of the countries most contaminated with landmines and unexploded ordnances (UXO). It is estimated that more than 6.1 million hectares of land or 18.71% of Vietnam’s total area are contaminated with about 800,000 tonnes of bombs, mines and unexploded ordnances left from wars, which are scattered over all 63 cities and provinces in the country, with the central region the hardest hit.

In the morning of September 14, 2011, in Hanoi, the Vietnam Bomb and Mine Clearance Action Center (VBMAC), Ministry of Labour - Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) in cooperation with the U.S Embassy, the Embassy of Norway in Hanoi organised a ceremony on announcement and handover of the project’s outcomes on building the information management data system for bomb and mine clearance action in Vietnam. Deputy Minister Nguyen Ngoc Phi attended and presided over the ceremony.

QUẢNG BÌNH — The Viet Nam National Mine Action Centre (VNMAC) on Tuesday received 200 explosive detectors donated by the government of the Republic of Korea (RoK).