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...
As a newcomer to Vietnam and Project RENEW, I found the whole process very interesting and humbling. The daily risk that the clearance teams put themselves in is astounding. Realizing that every-day people are at risk of being harmed...
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...
Thai Quoc Viet, a resident of Dong Ha City, did not expect to encounter such wartime ordnance as he was digging the foundation for his new house in Dong Le Ward. But about 5:00 p.m. Sunday his workers...
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 short video by Peter Jaeggi from Swiss Public Radio depicting a Project RENEW's Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team at work, providing quick response to UXO discoveries reported by villagers of Cam Phu near the former U.S. Marine Corps...