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...
White Phosphorous Naval Shell Safely Removed From Cua Tung Beach
An Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team managed by RENEW today safely removed a white phosphorous naval shell from near a beach widely acclaimed as the “Queen of Beaches” in Quang Tri Province – in adjacent An Hoa Quarter of...
U.S. Naval Shell Safely Removed From Ben Hai River Formerly Known As DMZ
Trung Son, Gio Linh (15 March 2016) – When the waters of the Ben Hai River have gone down after heavy rains, Vo Huu Tuong from Kinh Thi Village has taken the opportunity to spend a couple of...
RENEW Teams Remove Munitions From New Home Site, Relieved Bricklayers Resume Construction Work
Quang Tri Town, Quang Tri Province (2 March 2016): A group of bricklayers halted their work on Monday when they unearthed wartime ordnance while digging a foundation for a new house in Ward 2 of Quang Tri Town.
Fishermen Find Unexploded Munitions In Offshore Container Salvaged At My Thuy Beach
Hai Lang, Quang Tri (23 Feb 2016) – A container of unexploded munitions was discovered Thursday by local fishermen in My Thuy Village as they were casting their nets offshore at what used to be known as “the...
Village Woman Reports UXO While Tending Cows; Explosive removed, Accident averted
Cam Lo, Quang Tri (16 Feb 2016) – RENEW’s EOD Team No.3 today safely removed a 105mm projectile in Cam Lo District after a village woman spotted the dangerous explosive while tending cows, and reported it. Ms. Nguyen Thi...