Two Emergency Calls In A Day: Three Wartime Rockets Removed and Safely Destroyed
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...
Workshop Participants Told That Quang Tri Is On Track To Be The First Province in Viet Nam Declared UXO “Impact Free”
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,...
Local Authorities Locate Bomb Partly Dismantled by Scrap Metal Collectors
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...
Artificial Limbs, Genuine Will
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.
Women Ambassadors Visit RENEW-NPA’s All-Woman Clearance Team
Four leaders in Vietnam’s international community, ambassadors representing Switzerland, Norway, Canada, and New Zealand (known as the G4, Group of Four in Vietnam), on Thursday traveled to Quảng Trị Province to observe an all-woman demining team at work.
Project RENEW joins with Quang Tri Province authorities and other mine action organizations in meeting with U.S. Senators on explosive remnants of war
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.
Tree Farmer Reports a 750-pound Bomb Found in Acacia Forest near La Vang Church
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...
RENEW Signs an Agreement to Share Its Mine Risk Education Best Practices with Quang Ngai Province Red Cross
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.
Meet the Team Leader of Vietnam’s First All-Female Clearance Team
At age 30, Nguyen Thi Thuy has started in a job that everyone in Vietnam believed that only men could do. This mother of one daughter now leads an all-female clearance team of 16 members for clearing cluster munitions...
Public Meeting and Parade in Quang Tri to Commemorate the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance
Over 1,000 people on Thursday joined a public meeting and parade at the Quang Tri Provincial Cultural Center in Dong Ha to commemorate the United Nations’ International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance to Mine Action. Quang...