Project RENEW Reviews Explosive Ordnance Risk Education Successes in Quang Tri and Quang Ngai
Project RENEW convened a meeting on Monday to assess the progress of its Explosive Ordnance Risk Education project in Quang Tri and Quang Ngai provinces. Funded by Irish Aid through the Irish Embassy in Vietnam, the initiative has been...
€361,502 Grant from Irish Embassy Boosts UXO Victim Support in Vietnam
Project RENEW, a Vietnamese comprehensive mine action model, addresses the legacy of unexploded ordnance (UXO) left behind by the war and assists those affected by it. The organization has been awarded a significant grant of €361,502 by the Embassy...
NPA/RENEW Teams Clear Contaminated Land for Safer Future in Vinh Linh District
The total area that needs to be cleared is nearly 1.4 million square meters. When completed in December 2024, the land will be handed over to local communities, free from explosive ordnance threats and allow for safe and productive...
Quang Tri Residents Team Up To Stop UXO
Sharp eyes and quick calls from Quang Tri residents are making Quang Tri a safer place! Thanks to a surge in awareness and reports to the provincial hotline, NPA/RENEW's disposal teams have responded to a total of 157 UXO...
Project RENEW and The John Younger Trust Partner to Empower Blind Association in Dong Ha City
Dong Ha, Quang Tri (3 June 2024): Thanks to a generous donation from The John Younger Trust, a longtime supporter of Project RENEW, 20 members of the Dong Ha City’s Blind Association have received a major upgrade to their...
Bicycles Deliver Smiles: Veterans Help Kids Ride to School in Quang Tri
Thanks to Veterans For Peace (VFP) Chapter 160 and their "Bicycles for Education" program, 60 students in Trieu Phong, Cam Lo, and Huong Hoa districts received brand new bicycles. This generous gift will change their daily routine for the...
U.S. Delegation Observes NPA/RENEW’s Progress in Clearance of Explosive Ordnance
We were pleased to host a visit from Mr. Ethan Rinks, Program Manager for East Asia & the Pacific, Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement (PM/WRA), U.S. Department of State, to NPA/RENEW clearance program on Thursday, 16 May 2024....
Mine Action Alert: Decades After War’s End, Unexploded Ordnance Claims Another Life in Quang Tri
A man was killed in Quang Tri Province on Monday, May 13th, 2024, when a wartime munition exploded. The incident occurred around midday in Hien Thanh Commune, Vinh Linh District. The victim, a 34-year-old resident of Liem Cong Phuong...
An American Who Has Helped Clear 815,000 Bombs From Vietnam
Chuck Searcy has spent decades of his life redressing a deadly legacy of America’s war in Vietnam: unexploded ordnance. The original article was published March 15, 2024 in The New York Times by Seth Mydans Seth Mydans lived in...
Quang Tri Village Safer for Nearly 500 Residents Thanks to Unexploded Ordnance Clearance Efforts!
Ms. Trần Thị Nữ, a resident of Phong Binh Commune, Gio Linh District was pleased to witness an all-women team from NPA/RENEW find and destroy wartime munitions in a clearance site located close to her house. Having lived in...