Plantation Worker Pinpoints Location of Unexploded Mortars Near La Vang Catholic Church
RENEW's EOD Team No.1 on Thursday safely removed over 30 items of unexploded ordnance (UXO) including 60mm mortars and recoilless projectiles from a pine forest in Phu Hung Village of Hai Phu Commune, Hai Lang District.
RENEW Teams Remove and Destroy Three U.S. Aerial Bombs Uncovered by Metal Collectors Near Gio Linh Beach
Gio Linh, Quang Tri (26 July 2016)— RENEW teams on Tuesday removed three 500-pound US-made aerial bombs from Gio Linh District Police headquarters after responding to the emergency call from police officers. Escorted by a police convoy, the teams...
Just Another Day, As Underwater U.S. Navy Shell Is Dragged From Ben Hai River And Destroyed At RENEW’s Demolition Site
Following local people’s directions, CST team members found a U.S. Navy shell submerged in the waters about 10 meters from the shore. The shell may have been fired from one of the U.S. destroyers deployed along the coast...
Job Announcement: Interpreter/Translator
Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA) is an Oslo-based Humanitarian organization working in the fields of Mine Action and Development. NPA’s Vietnam Programme is primarily based on Mine Action and runs three projects in Hue and Quang Tri. NPA Vietnam is...
Intact Tubes Of Cluster Bombs Safely Removed From Rice Paddy Field Before New Crop Starts
On Monday morning, members of the Cluster Munitions Remnants Survey Team (CMRS) No.9 uncovered some tubes that contained unexploded cluster munitions while conducting technical operations to map out contaminated land for clearance. The tubes were exposed at the depth...
RENEW Team Continues Safe Demolition Of Cluster Bombs In Quang Tri, Days After Team Leader Was Killed At The Same Site
A total of 16 items of unexploded ordnance were safely destroyed today by an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team from Project RENEW in a rice paddy at Co Luy Village in Hai Ba Commune, Quang Tri Province. The...
Mine Action Alert: RENEW Deminer Dies From Injuries After Cluster Bomb Accident
A cluster bomb explosion in Quang Tri Province has killed one deminer and injured another, both technical staff managed by Project RENEW and Norwegian People's Aid (NPA). The accident occurred on Wednesday, 18 May, in Co Luy Village...
Hundreds of Unexploded Shells Safely Removed From An Abandoned Scrap Yard Near The Rockpile
Survey and clearance operations will be implemented until 2020 to identify contaminated land that needs clearance in Quang Tri Province. Meanwhile, it is important that EOD capacity also be sustained as a key part of overall risk management...
RENEW And Norwegian People’s Aid Expand UXO Survey And Clearance In Gio Linh District
Once part of the McNamara Line and a corner of what became known as Leatherneck Square where some of the heaviest fighting of the Vietnam War was fought, Gio Linh District has now been included in RENEW’s humanitarian mine...
Resident Who Found Three Cluster Bombs Last Month Helps Report Another Munition At His Neighbor’s House Next Door
Cam Lo, Quang Tri (28 April 2016) – A cluster bomb uncovered by local bricklayers who were building a new house in An Hung Village of Cam Lo Townlet was destroyed in place by an EOD team managed by...