Governmental and Non-governmental UXO Stakeholders from Vietnam, Lao and Cambodia Gather in Quang Tri Province for Regional Cluster Munitions Remnants Survey Workshop
The workshop aims to identify best practice in CMRS in South East Asia, to better assist the governments of Cambodia, Lao PDR and Vietnam to address the severe scope of cluster munition contamination present in the region and allow...
New Tricycle Helps Ease The Burden of Disabilities For A Mother of Two
Dakrong, Quang Tri (20 August 2019) — Hồ Thị Y Pơ Lang, a mother of two sons aged 17 and 6 in Dakrong District, Quang Tri Province, suffers disabilities caused by Agent Orange. As a result, she can’t walk...
Project RENEW/NPA Member-based Labor Union Holds The First Congress for 2019-2024
On Friday, 12 July 2019, Project RENEW/NPA member-based Labor Union held its first Congress for 2019-2024 at Sai Gon - Dong Ha Hotel, one year after its establishment by a decision of Quang Tri Department of Foreign Affairs Labor...
NPA Humanitarian Disarmament Director Visits Quang Tri, Confirming Continued Support to UXO Clearance and Capacity Development
Norwegian People's Aid (NPA) continues providing support to Quang Tri Province with survey and clearance operations and capacity development activities in the coming time, NPA Humanitarian Disarmament Director confirmed that to the provincial authorities when they met on Tuesday...
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.