Mine Action Alert: Young man injured by wartime ordnance explosion near former U.S. firebase Fuller
23-year-old Tran Van Du was digging holes to prepare for planting acacia seedlings when his hoe hit an unidentified item of ordnance that detonated, shredding the blade of his hoe and causing a two-centimeter cut to his left leg...
US Ambassador to Vietnam visits Project RENEW’s Cluster Munition Remnants Survey operations
Cam Lo, Quang Tri (18 August 2015): On Monday this week, U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam, His Excellency Mr. Ted Osius and staff from the Embassy in Hanoi visited Project RENEW’s Cluster Munitions Remnants Survey (CMRS) operations in Quang Tri Province....
Son helps RENEW team uncover a 500-pound U.S aerial bomb buried by his father in family’s garden forty-three years ago
Forty-three years passed, and the thought that the big bomb might detonate as the time went on still weighed heavily on Vu’s mind. Several metal collectors had even asked him to show them the bomb’s location so that they...
Non-Technical Survey Provides Important Evidence for Conducting Clearance Where Needed Most
This recently introduced RENEW/NPA approach to systematically cleaning up unexploded ordnance is starting to show positive results. The NTS teams conduct desk studies and village meeting and collect valuable information from local residents that lead to exact sites...
Explosive detection dogs: First deployment in Quang Tri to support UXO clearance
This video, originally appeared on the Vietnam Televison (VTV4) on 18 July 2015, features the first deployment of Explosive Detection Dogs (EDD) in Quang Tri Province to support unexploded ordnance clearance. With support from Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA) and...
Job announcement: Admin Officer
Interested candidates are requested to submit a CV, cover letter and copies of certificates to NPA Vietnam via e-mail: recruitment.vn@npaid.org. The closing date for applications is 5pm July 24, 2015. Women and disabled people are encouraged to apply. Applicants,...
Wartime ordnance safely removed from the My Chanh Bridge
RENEW’s EOD Team No.1 on Monday responded to a UXO callout from a bridge construction group in Luong Dien Village of Hai Son Commune. Builders who were digging the pier foundation for expanding the My Chanh Bridge on Route...
2015 annual staff orientation meeting
RENEW's 180 national employees, including newly recruited ones, attended an annual staff orientation meeting held in coordination with Norwegian People's Aid (NPA) Vietnam.
Mine Action Alert: Wartime ordnance explosion kills farmer, father of three, near the former DMZ
An explosion of wartime ordnance on Tuesday afternoon killed a 42-year-old farmer and father of three young children in Trung Son Commune of Gio Linh District, Quang Tri Province. The exact circumstances of the tragedy are unknown. As breadwinner...
250-pound U.S. aerial bomb safely removed from resettlement site along Ho Chi Minh Highway
A Project RENEW EOD team today safely removed an unexploded U.S. aerial bomb from a new resettlement zone under construction in Ta Rut Commune of Dakrong District, Quang Tri Province. The bomb was discovered at a depth of about...