Job announcement: Program Assistant
Project RENEW is seeking a qualified, capable and enthusiastic Vietnamese national candidate for the position of Mine Risk Education (MRE) Program Assistant. The post holder will be based in Project RENEW Office in Dong Ha, Quang Tri. Responsibilities Effectively...
Cluster bomb is safely destroyed so construction of a new clan temple in Quang Tri Province can continue
Hai Lang District, Quang Tri Province – 30 October 2015 The O Lau River flows through Hai Lang District in Quang Tri Province. Along its banks is historic Luong Dien Village, one of the oldest villages in the province....
Two UXO call-ins from local people lead RENEW teams to dangerous munitions caches left from the war
Hai Lang, Trieu Phong Districts, Quang Tri (22 October 2015) On Tuesday local Quang Tri residents made two urgent phone calls to Project RENEW’s hotline to report their discovery of wartime ordnance, and to ask for assistance. 35-year-old Hoang...
Young woman, big responsibility: She manages 160 deminers and support staff who clean up cluster bombs and other explosives in Quang Tri Province
Nguyen Thi Dieu Linh. Eight months ago Ms. Nguyen Thi Dieu Linh was promoted to Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA) Operations Manager at Project RENEW in Quang Tri Province. The 32-year-old is the first woman...
A Triple Amputee Who Overcame Tragedy And Built A New Life
Trieu Phong, Quang Tri Province (10 September 2015) – On the road that leads to Ai Tu Village of Trieu Ai Commune, a man is hurrying home on his three-wheel bike. He has finished tending his cows, and now he’s...
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...
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