2015 annual staff orientation meeting
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.
250-pound U.S. aerial bomb safely removed from resettlement site along Ho Chi Minh Highway
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...
RENEW and Norwegian People’s Aid expand UXO survey and clearance in Vinh Linh District
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...
Saving lives in Quang Tri: The destruction of Unexploded Ordnance
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...
Many unexploded cluster bombs found and safely destroyed from a plantation near former Camp Carroll
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...
The Quang Tri Integrated Survey and Clearance Project
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...
As Vietnam celebrates the 40th anniversary of the end of the war, wartime shells are safely removed from the foundation of a house in Quang Tri Province
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...
Farmer Feels Assured After A Cluster Bomb Was Safely Destroyed From His Peanut Field
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 Typical Working Day of A RENEW’s EOD Team
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...
Under Secretary of State Observes UXO Survey and Cleanup by NPA/Project RENEW and MAG, Committing More Fund from the U.S. government
U.S. Department of State Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security, Rose Goettemoeller, accompanied with the U.S. Embassy staff and Department of State’s the Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement (WRA), traveled to Quang Tri Province on 1-2...