Thanks to the funding of Irish Aid and Friends of Project RENEW, the blind and other persons with disabilities who have attended the vocational training now can live independently with products made by their own hands.

Two staff members of Norwegian People's Aid died in a tragic accident in the Solomon Islands.

In our effort to ensure that the Law on Persons with Disabilities is fully implemented, raising the knowledge of disabled persons and making them aware of their rights, obligations, and associated policies, Project RENEW’s Victim Assistance/Disability Support has organized...

Thanks to a donation from Safelane Global – a UK-based consulting company operating in the field of mine action – Project RENEW has brought positive changes to two Vietnamese survivors of explosive ordnance in Quang Tri.

Farmer Le Ba Tong, a resident of Dai An Khe Village of Hai Thuong Commune, felt relieved on Friday after an Explosive Ordnance Disposal team of RENEW/NPA had safely destroyed a dangerous cluster bomb near his home.

Project RENEW, with broad support from the communities where we work, and in cooperation with other mine action organizations, has significantly contributed to reducing accidents and casualties down to zero during the past three years, by clearing explosive ordnance...

Project RENEW was made possible in August 2001 by the generosity and vision of two donors: the Freeman Foundation based in the U.S., and American veteran Christos Cotsakos, who served in the U.S. Army in Quang Tri Province in...

A quick response by Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Team No. 1 managed by Project RENEW/Norwegian People’s Aid (RENEW/NPA) in Quang Tri Province have helped prevent a potential, tragic accident that could have occurred in a dense neighborhood in Gio...

Speech of Mr. Chuck Searcy, American veteran who is President of Veterans For Peace Chapter 160 and International Advisor to Project RENEW during his attendance in the RENEW/NPA event to celebrate 25 years of U.S. - Vietnam relations 8...

Dong Ha, Quang Tri (8 July 2020) – Project RENEW/Norwegian People’s Aid (RENEW/NPA) on Wednesday hosted a gathering of the entire staff in Quang Tri Province to commemorate the 25th anniversary of normalized relations between the U.S. and Vietnam....

Vinh Linh, Quang Tri (18 June 2020) — Battle Area Clearance (BAC) teams managed by Project RENEW and Norwegian People’s Aid (RENEW/NPA) today found and unearthed a cache of unexploded ordnance while clearing a contaminated area in Thái Lai...

RENEW/NPA have completed the Non-Technical Survey in in all of the accessible areas where RENEW/NPA was allowed to survey in Quang Tri Province.

Over 900 students and teachers of Gio Linh Townlet Primary School were delighted to receive a wash basin with sanitizers for prevention of the COVID-19 from Project RENEW and partner Gio Linh District Youth Union in a handover ceremony...

Project RENEW today in collaboration with the Quang Tri Provincial Association for Disabled Persons, Agent Orange Victims, Disability Support and Protection of the Children’s Rights (the Association) organized a workshop to implement the dissemination of the Law on Persons...

RENEW/NPA resumed important survey and clearance work on Monday, 20 April, after a two-week stand-down due to the COVID-19.

Cluster Munitions Remnants Survey: Best Practice in South East Asia is the result of many years of close cooperation between MAG, NPA, and HALO on survey and clearance of cluster munition remnants (CMR) in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam.

RENEW/NPA handed over contributions to Quang Tri Province to support their preparedness for prevention and control of COVID-19 pandemic.

Today, on Mine Awareness Day, we stand with communities and colleagues working to achieve a Landmine Free 2025. Together, we can end the threat caused by landmines across the world, and play our part in reducing the threat of...

An EOD team of RENEW-NPA safely removed an unexploded mortar from a house under renovation in Hai Le Commune of Quang Tri Township.

Quang Tri (8 March 2020) — How does a working day of the NPA-RENEW all-woman clearance team look like? The following short video clip shows that despite the hardship and danger, our female operators feel proud of their contributions...

Project RENEW was pleased to welcome Norwegian People's Aid (NPA)'s Mine Action and Disarmament delegates to Quang Tri Province as part of their visit to NPA Vietnam program from 16 to 19 Feb 2020.

In a New Year conversation with Lao Dong, U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam Daniel J. Kritenbrink mentioned his visit to Truong Son national cemetery as a symbol of reconciliation and affirmed that the most extraordinary thing that Vietnam and the...

This post was originally published on the website of Conflict and Environmental Observatory. Everyone needs to play their part in protecting the environment – and the mine action community is no exception. Starting any new role can be a...

A three-minute video to review the 2019 year of Project RENEW.

It is an honor for Project RENEW to have six staff members being awarded Certificates of Merit by Quang Tri Department of Foreign Affairs (DoFA) for their positive and effective contributions to the implementation of cooperation programs between Quang...

Project RENEW - "Restoring the Environment and Neutralizing the Effects of the War" - would like to sincerely thank all our donors and partners for your support over the past year. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you...

Phan Van Ha, a 42-year-old father of two in Cua Viet Townlet, now feels much relieved after an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team managed by Project RENEW and Norwegian People’s Aid has safely destroyed a dangerous unexploded cluster bomb...

RENEW Coordination Office and representative of Quang Tri Mine Action Center (QTMAC) were present in Ba To District today for attending the final review of Mine Risk Education (MRE) program hosted by Quang Ngai Provincial Red Cross Association.

As of September 2019, urban dwellers of Dong Ha City, Quang Tri Province will benefit from Non-Technical Survey (NTS) operations of Project RENEW-Norwegian People's Aid (RENEW-NPA). NTS is the first step in the ongoing Explosive Remnants of War (ERW)...

The workshop aims to identify best practice in CMRS in South East Asia, to better assist the governments of Cambodia, Lao PDR and Vietnam to address the severe scope of cluster munition contamination present in the region and allow...

Dakrong, Quang Tri (20 August 2019) — Hồ Thị Y Pơ Lang, a mother of two sons aged 17 and 6 in Dakrong District, Quang Tri Province, suffers disabilities caused by Agent Orange. As a result, she can’t walk...

On Friday, 12 July 2019, Project RENEW/NPA member-based Labor Union held its first Congress for 2019-2024 at Sai Gon - Dong Ha Hotel, one year after its establishment by a decision of Quang Tri Department of Foreign Affairs Labor...

Norwegian People's Aid (NPA) continues providing support to Quang Tri Province with survey and clearance operations and capacity development activities in the coming time, NPA Humanitarian Disarmament Director confirmed that to the provincial authorities when they met on Tuesday...

Trieu Phong, Quang Tri (20 June 2019) – On Thursday our Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Team No. 3 in response to two emergency calls from local residents safely destroyed a U.S. rocket and two Russian motor rockets at their...

Quang Tri expects to be the first province in Viet Nam to be declared free from the impact of Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) in only six more years, participants were told at a workshop held in Dong Ha on Friday,...

In response to an emergency call from local authorities of Gio Viet Commune, Gio Linh District, Quang Tri Province, an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team of Project RENEW and Norwegian People’s Aid (RENEW-NPA) today safely removed a 750-pound bomb...

Over the past decade, Project RENEW's Prosthetics and Orthotics (P&O) Mobile Outreach program has examined and provided customized prostheses for 2,000 persons with disabilities in Quang Tri Province and parts of Quang Binh Province.

Project RENEW representative joins with Quang Tri Province authorities and other international mine action organizations in meeting with U.S. Senate delegation to talk about joint efforts to survey and clear bombs and mines.

Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) teams managed by Project RENEW and Norwegian People’s Aid (RENEW-NPA) on Tuesday removed a U.S. bomb from an acacia forest near the La Vang Catholic in Hai Lang District, Quang Tri Province after the forest...

The signing, which took place at the Red Cross Association headquarters, officially kicks off a pilot community-based Mine Risk Education (MRE) project in Quang Ngai Province supported by Project RENEW’s MRE program and funded by Irish Aid.

Unearthed at the depth of 1.2 meters on Wednesday by NPA-RENEW’s Battle Area Clearance (BAC) teams who were clearing a Confirmed Hazardous Area in Thuan Dau Village of Hai An Commune, the heavy weapon was identified an air-dropped fragmentation...

As 2018 is going to close in a couple of weeks from now, we at Project RENEW would like to take a moment to thank you for your continuing support during the past year. We are happy to share...

Today is the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, an annual observance to promote an understanding of disability issues and mobilize support for the dignity, rights and well-being of persons with disabilities. On this Day, we look back upon...

Since 9 October 2018, two BAC teams have been deployed to Thuan Dau Village of Hai An Commune to clear a 500,000-square-meter Confirmed Hazardous Area that our Technical Survey teams had previously defined in the village.

This addition of human resources will increase NPA-RENEW human assets in Quang Tri Province up to 32 teams made up with 1 Non-Technical Survey team, 25 Technical Survey teams, 4 Explosive Ordnance Disposal teams, and 2 BAC teams.

Dong Ha, Quang Tri (28 September 2018) — The signing of a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) today between the Quang Tri Province People’s Committee (PPC), Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA), and Mines Advisory Group (MAG), in a ceremony in Dong...

Quang Ngai Province (21 September 2018) – Project RENEW joined with Quang Tri Province Legacy of War Coordination Center (LWCC) and Quang Ngai Province Red Cross Association to introduce the mine action model of Quang Tri Province in a...

For four decades, Trieu Hoa Commune residents have lived anxiously with cluster munitions remained in their rice fields. The lingering fear is now over.

Trieu Phong, Quang Tri (16 August 2018) -- As part of her working trip to Vietnam, Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Andrea L. Thompson visited Quang Tri Province today to review U.S. funded efforts...

Vinh Linh District, Quang Tri (31 July 2018) — Over 450 youngsters and their parents who live in Vinh Trung Commune today enjoyed an eventful day of community football with integrated mine risk education. The activity was co-organized by...

Trieu Phong, Quang  Tri (26 July 2018) — NPA-RENEW teams today safely destroyed a U.S. Mk 82 aircraft bomb at our Central Demolition Site (CDS) in Linh An Village of Trieu Trach Commune. This weighty task was successfully conducted...

For the past three weeks, NPA-RENEW teams have surveyed nearly 900,000 square meters of land, found and safely destroyed 145 cluster bombs and other munitions in Khe Cat Village of Vinh Khe Commune, which straddle the Ho Chi Minh...

Local workers who were building a guest house in the Old Citadel unexpectedly uncovered a cache of dangerous wartime munitions and some soldiers remains. 

NPA-RENEW's EOD teams on Friday safely destroyed in place a 16-inch naval shell found at an acacia and rubber plantation in the DMZ, the former demilitarized zone during the war. The official weight of the munition, according to...

Project RENEW today in collaboration with the Quang Tri Provincial Association for Disabled Persons, Agent Orange Victims, Disability Support and Protection of the Children’s Rights (the Association) held a workshop on information campaigns for disabled persons and community.

After two weeks of extensive training, four Team Leaders at RENEW-NPA in Quang Tri Province along with other 14 senior operators from Mines Advisory Group (MAG) and NPA Project in Thua Thien -Hue Province have been certified with Explosive...

The signing of a new cooperation agreement between Norwegian People’s Aid Vietnam (NPA Vietnam) and the government of Quang Tri Province today marked 10 years of NPA’s commitment to clearing the province of cluster munitions and Explosive Remnants of...

The Quang Tri Orthopedic Workshop was re-launched on Thursday, 12 April 2018, following a ribbon​-cutting ceremony participated ​in ​by representatives of Project RENEW, Department of Health​, and Department of Foreign Affairs ​with Quang Tri Provincial General Hospital.

Part of their visit to Vietnam from 4 to 21 March 2018, a group of 38 Americans, mainly veterans and anti-war activists, member of the Veterans For Peace Chapter 160 (VFP) traveled to Quang Tri on 8 and 9...

It was our pleasure on Wednesday to welcome U.S. Ambassador Tina Kaidanow, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs, to our operations in Quang Tri Province, Viet Nam as part of her visit to Viet Nam.

Thanks to donations from Project RENEW's international partners, the John Younger Trust, Unlimited Possibilities, and Veterans For Peace, a new workshop has just been dedicated at the Trieu Phong District Blind Association, giving 25 blind and disabled persons...

Vinh Linh, Quang Tri (Jan 04, 2018) - Responding to an emergency call from the Vinh Thach Commune authority, a mobile EOD team of RENEW-NPA today safely removed a U.S. naval shell and transported it to the demolition site for...

Project RENEW was recipient of the annual “Peace Prize” awarded by the Asia-Pacific Mediation Forum (APMF) at APMF’s annual meeting held this weekend, in conjunction with the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) conference held in Da Nang.

Washington, DC, USA (31 October 2017) – A delegation from Quang Tri Province led by Governor Nguyen Duc Chinh has had working meetings in Washington, DC with officials of the US Department of State and US Senate staff about...

"Because of my parents' prejudice that a disabled girl could not get married, “ said Nguyen Thi Khiem, “it took me more than eight years to marry the man I fell in love with." Visually-impaired, Ms. Khiem is a...

RENEW-NPA teams today safely destroyed a U.S. 750-pound bomb found in a rice paddy in Ha Tay Village of Trieu An Commune, about one km from Cua Viet port, formerly a logistics and support base for U.S. Marine units...

One year after a tragic accident took the life of our most experienced team leader, Ngo Thien Khiet, his eldest son, Ngo Thien Hoang, now works as a non-technical surveyor for Project RENEW and Norwegian People’s Aid. Here...

Trieu Phong, Quang Tri (04 May 2017) – A U.S.-made air-dropped 750-pound bomb was safely destroyed today by RENEW-NPA teams at the disposal site in Linh An Village of Trieu Trach Commune. Despite working on an extraordinarily hot day –...

Khe Sanh, Quang Tri (21 April 2017) — More than 40 students from the primary school of Tan Long Commune, Huong Hoa District have recently experienced a lively and entertaining extra-curriculum activity at the former Ta Con Airstrip in...

In response to a UXO call-in from a physical education teacher at a school in Gio My Commune, an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team of Project RENEW and Norwegian People’s Aid on Monday safely destroyed a deadly cluster...

We met her a month ago. UP walked into her tiny concrete bunker of a house that is clinging to the side of a steep hill in the mountains of North Vietnam near Khe Sanh, the site of some...

Dong Ha & Gio Linh, Quang Tri (9 Nov 2016) – It was a privilege today for Project RENEW and partner organization Norwegian People's Aid (NPA) to receive the President of Ireland, Mr. Michael D. Higgins, and First Lady...

Watchful schoolboys at Hai Phu Secondary School have helped prevent an explosion of cluster bomb in their school yard on Friday. When they were pouring earth into flower beds for planting flowers Friday morning, the boys suddenly found a...

Veteran Nguyen Sanh, who lives in Phuong Lang Village of Hai Ba Commune, never imagined that his experience defending the northern border against Chinese invaders more than thirty years ago might one day help prevent an explosion at his...

Nearly a half century after the Ho Chi Minh Trail was first put into use during wartime, RENEW teams are still destroying unexploded ordnance found along the route. Today 19 items including aerial bombs, projectiles, rocket warheads and...

RENEW's EOD Team No.1 on Thursday safely removed over 30 items of unexploded ordnance (UXO) including 60mm mortars and recoilless projectiles from a pine forest in Phu Hung Village of Hai Phu Commune, Hai Lang District.

Gio Linh, Quang Tri (26 July 2016)— RENEW teams on Tuesday removed three 500-pound US-made aerial bombs from Gio Linh District Police headquarters after responding to the emergency call from police officers.  Escorted by a police convoy, the teams...

Following local people’s directions, CST team members found a U.S. Navy shell submerged in the waters about 10 meters from the shore. The shell may have been fired from one of the U.S. destroyers deployed along the coast...

On Monday morning, members of the Cluster Munitions Remnants Survey Team (CMRS) No.9 uncovered some tubes that contained unexploded cluster munitions while conducting technical operations to map out contaminated land for clearance. The tubes were exposed at the depth...

A total of 16 items of unexploded ordnance were safely destroyed today by an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team from Project RENEW in a rice paddy at Co Luy Village in Hai Ba Commune, Quang Tri Province. The...

Survey and clearance operations will be implemented until 2020 to identify contaminated land that needs clearance in Quang Tri Province. Meanwhile, it is important that EOD capacity also be sustained as a key part of overall risk management...

Once part of the McNamara Line and a corner of what became known as Leatherneck Square where some of the heaviest fighting of the Vietnam War was fought, Gio Linh District has now been included in RENEW’s humanitarian mine...

Cam Lo, Quang Tri (28 April 2016) – A cluster bomb uncovered by local bricklayers who were building a new house in An Hung Village of Cam Lo Townlet was destroyed in place by an EOD team managed by...

An Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team managed by RENEW today safely removed a white phosphorous naval shell from near a beach widely acclaimed as the “Queen of Beaches” in Quang Tri Province – in adjacent An Hoa Quarter of...

  Trung Son, Gio Linh (15 March 2016) –  When the waters of the Ben Hai River have gone down after heavy rains, Vo Huu Tuong from Kinh Thi Village has taken the opportunity to spend a couple of...

Quang Tri Town, Quang Tri Province (2 March 2016): A group of bricklayers halted their work on Monday when they unearthed wartime ordnance while digging a foundation for a new house in Ward 2 of Quang Tri Town.

  Hai Lang, Quang Tri (23 Feb 2016) – A container of unexploded munitions was discovered Thursday by local fishermen in My Thuy Village as they were casting their nets offshore at what used to be known as “the...

Cam Lo, Quang Tri (16 Feb 2016) – RENEW’s EOD Team No.3 today safely removed a 105mm projectile in Cam Lo District after a village woman spotted the dangerous explosive while tending cows, and reported it. Ms. Nguyen Thi...

The 2015 donation from UP is part of the organization’s multiyear commitment to RENEW to provide cattle for ethnic minorities affected by UXO in Quang Tri Province. In 2013, seven UP members stayed in Dong Ha working on a...

Another beneficiary of the P&O Program, Nguyen Thuc Sinh, also fitted for a new prosthetic limb, was born in 1959. Like Hai, Sinh had the misfortune of detonating a landmine while reclaiming land for farming. In...

Hai Lang District, Quang Tri Province – 30 October 2015 The O Lau River flows through Hai Lang District in Quang Tri Province.  Along its banks is historic Luong Dien Village, one of the oldest villages in the province....

Hai Lang, Trieu Phong Districts, Quang Tri (22 October 2015) On Tuesday local Quang Tri residents made two urgent phone calls to Project RENEW’s hotline to report their discovery of wartime ordnance, and to ask for assistance. 35-year-old Hoang...

Nguyen Thi Dieu Linh. Eight months ago Ms. Nguyen Thi Dieu Linh was promoted to Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA) Operations Manager at Project RENEW in Quang Tri Province.  The 32-year-old is the first woman...

Trieu Phong, Quang Tri Province (10 September 2015) – On the road that leads to Ai Tu Village of Trieu Ai Commune, a man is hurrying home on his three-wheel bike.  He has finished tending his cows, and now he’s...

  Cam Lo, Quang Tri (18 August 2015): On Monday this week, U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam, His Excellency Mr. Ted Osius and staff from the Embassy in Hanoi visited Project RENEW’s Cluster Munitions Remnants Survey (CMRS) operations in Quang Tri...

Forty-three years passed, and the thought that the big bomb might detonate as the time went on still weighed heavily on Vu’s mind. Several metal collectors had even asked him to show them the bomb’s location so that they...

This recently introduced RENEW/NPA approach to systematically cleaning up unexploded ordnance is starting to show positive results. The NTS teams conduct desk studies and village meeting and collect valuable information from local residents that lead to exact sites...

RENEW’s EOD Team No.1 on Monday responded to a UXO callout from a bridge construction group in Luong Dien Village of Hai Son Commune. Builders who were digging the pier foundation for expanding the My Chanh Bridge on Route...

RENEW's 180 national employees, including newly recruited ones, attended an annual staff orientation meeting held in coordination with Norwegian People's Aid (NPA) Vietnam.

A Project RENEW EOD team today safely removed an unexploded U.S. aerial bomb from a new resettlement zone under construction in Ta Rut Commune of Dakrong District, Quang Tri Province. The bomb was discovered at a depth of about...

An inception workshop that was held today at the office of Vinh Linh District People’s Committee marked the official expansion of Project RENEW / Norwegian People’s Aid's (NPA) mine action operations into the district that is located on the...

Cam Lo, Quang Tri (26 May 2015) In response to a report from MAG (Mines Advisory Group)’s Community Liaison Team, a RENEW’s EOD Quick Response Team on Monday safely destroyed 11 items of unexploded ordnance (UXO) from a plantation...

This project demonstrates a new approach to survey and clearance in Vietnam. It is built on strong relationships with local authorities and places an emphasis on the critical role of information management. Combined with strong collaboration between operators, these...

58-year-old Phung Dinh Hao suddendly encountered a deadly cluster bomb while he was clearing weeds to prepapre for a new peanut crop on Tuesday.

A UXO discovery reported by an ethnic Van Kieu hunter on Wednesday resulted in eight artillery shells being safely removed from a hill half a kilometer from Route 9 – a major east-west artery today, and part of the...

Thanks to the funding of Irish Aid and Friends of Project RENEW, the blind and other persons with disabilities who have attended the vocational training now can live independently with products made by their own hands.

Two staff members of Norwegian People's Aid died in a tragic accident in the Solomon Islands.

In our effort to ensure that the Law on Persons with Disabilities is fully implemented, raising the knowledge of disabled persons and making them aware of their rights, obligations, and associated policies, Project RENEW’s Victim Assistance/Disability Support has organized...

Thanks to a donation from Safelane Global – a UK-based consulting company operating in the field of mine action – Project RENEW has brought positive changes to two Vietnamese survivors of explosive ordnance in Quang Tri.

Farmer Le Ba Tong, a resident of Dai An Khe Village of Hai Thuong Commune, felt relieved on Friday after an Explosive Ordnance Disposal team of RENEW/NPA had safely destroyed a dangerous cluster bomb near his home.

Project RENEW, with broad support from the communities where we work, and in cooperation with other mine action organizations, has significantly contributed to reducing accidents and casualties down to zero during the past three years, by clearing explosive ordnance...

Project RENEW was made possible in August 2001 by the generosity and vision of two donors: the Freeman Foundation based in the U.S., and American veteran Christos Cotsakos, who served in the U.S. Army in Quang Tri Province in...

A quick response by Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Team No. 1 managed by Project RENEW/Norwegian People’s Aid (RENEW/NPA) in Quang Tri Province have helped prevent a potential, tragic accident that could have occurred in a dense neighborhood in Gio...

Speech of Mr. Chuck Searcy, American veteran who is President of Veterans For Peace Chapter 160 and International Advisor to Project RENEW during his attendance in the RENEW/NPA event to celebrate 25 years of U.S. - Vietnam relations 8...

Dong Ha, Quang Tri (8 July 2020) – Project RENEW/Norwegian People’s Aid (RENEW/NPA) on Wednesday hosted a gathering of the entire staff in Quang Tri Province to commemorate the 25th anniversary of normalized relations between the U.S. and Vietnam....