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...
NPA Vietnam Support COVID-19 Response in Quang Tri Province
The original article is published on the Norwegian People’s Aid website. Though Vietnam was able to stop any significant outbreaks of COVID-19 during 2020, unfortunately an outbreak of the Delta strain has been slowly spreading across the country since...
Vietnam’s Ambassador to Norway Visits NPA Head Office
Norwegian People's Aid (NPA) had the honor of hosting his Excellency Ambassador Le Hong Lam and Counsellor Nguyen Luong Giang in Oslo on 16. September.
Nearly 900 Staff Members of Humanitarian Mine Action Organizations in Quang Tri Get Vaccinated for COVID-19
According to a recent report of Quang Tri Department of Foreign Affairs, nearly 900 staff members working for humanitarian mine action operators in Quang Tri Province have been vaccinated for Covid-19 as of August 2021.
Norwegian Ambassador Grete Løchen Congratulates RENEW on Its 20th Anniversary
On this special occasion, we would like to sincerely thank the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Embassy of Norway in Vietnam, and Madame Ambassador Løchen for your continued support to Project RENEW and Norwegian People’s Aid. We look...
Project RENEW Celebrates Its 20th Anniversary with a New Look
Today, Project RENEW, a cooperative program between the government of Quang Tri Province, international donors, and foreign non-governmental organizations, marked 20 years in its humanitarian work to make people’s lives safer, reduce accidents, injuries and deaths caused by post-war...
Vietnamese Official Congratulates Project RENEW on 20 Years of Success
Dong Ha, Quang Tri (13 August 2021) — Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga, President of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations (VUFO), on Thursday sent her letter of congratulations to Project RENEW on the 20th anniversary of its founding. VUFO...
Project RENEW Postpones Its 20th Anniversary Commemoration Due To Covid-19 Resurgence
Due to the resurgence of #Covid19 infections in HCMC, Hanoi, and other southern provinces, and even in Quang Tri Province, we have decided to postpone the commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the founding of Project RENEW, planned to...