Resuming Operations After Tet Holiday, RENEW/NPA Teams Safely Destroyed Dozens of Unexploded Ordnance
At a clearance site in Gio Hai Commune, Gio Linh District, RENEW/NPA clearance teams on Tuesday found 31 explosive items, including cluster munitions and other explosive ordnance, most of which was uncovered from a cache.
RENEW Give Practical Gifts to Disabled Families Affected by Covid-19
Quang Tri (January 28, 2022) -- Thanks to funding of Irish Aid through Irish Embassy in Vietnam, this week Project RENEW have delivered practical gifts to the families of disabled persons in Quang Tri who are affected by Covid-19....
As Lunar New Year Approaches, A Hundred Disadvantaged Schoolchildren in Quang Tri Receive New Bicycles Donated by Veterans For Peace
A hundred primary and secondary schoolchildren from disadvantaged families in the districts of Vinh Linh, Gio Linh, Cam Lo and Huong Hoa have received brand new bicycles from Project RENEW thanks to funding of Veterans For Peace (VFP) Chapter...
USARPAC Asia-Pacific Counter-Improvised Explosive Device Center Director Visits RENEW/NPA Operations
Colonel Eric Larsen, Director of Asia-Pacific Counter-Improvised Explosive Device Center, U.S. Army Pacific, on Thursday visited a clearance site of RENEW/NPA in Gio Linh District during his first working trip to Quang Tri Province this week.
RENEW’s Support Helps to Reactivate Rehabilitation Centers for Disabled Children in Cam Lo and Gio Linh
This week, Project RENEW embarked on a new chapter in its endeavor to support Quang Tri children with disabilities, most of them suffering from war consequences, including Agent Orange.
Van Kieu Ethnic Minority Schoolchildren in Quang Tri Receive Gifts to Help Improve Their Studies and Health
With support from the Embassy of Ireland, the RENEW team on Friday delivered practical gifts to ethnic minority schoolchildren that included school supplies, new handwashing facilities, sanitation gels and other hygienic improvements. The students, Van Kieu ethnic minority children, are...
Villagers Now Plant Trees Safely, With Peace of Mind that the Land is Cleared of Bombs
Vinh Linh, Quang Tri (November 19, 2021) — Like many other families in Thai Lai Village of Vinh Thai Commune, Vinh District, the family of Mr. Nguyen Van The and Mrs. Nguyen Thi Thuong are entitled to have a...
Bomb Discoveries Reported by Local People in 2021 Enable RENEW/NPA Teams to Destroy over 1,300 Munitions
Quang Tri (27 October 2021) – An emergency response team managed by RENEW / NPA on 23 October safely destroyed another deadly cluster sub-munition on an acacia farm in Vinh Linh District. The munition was found in very good...
Vietnamese Bomb Accident Survivor Speaks to U.S. Audience of His Experiences
During a panel discussion at George Washington University on November 15, 2019, Lai shared with this American audience how losing three limbs and one eye in a cluster munitions explosion created life-changing challenges and opportunities for a Vietnamese boy. He was 10 years old when the accident...
RENEW/NPA Staff Members Donate Blood To Save Lives
Dong Ha, Quang Tri (10 October 2021) — 12 staff members of RENEW/NPA today voluntarily donated blood in the first blood donation campaign of 2021 organized by Quang Tri Province Confederation of Labour in coordination with Quang Tri Province...