Schoolboy’s Intervention Protects Classmates And Villagers From UXO Danger
A teenage boy may have saved schoolmates and local residents from death and injury today by flagging down a Project RENEW Mobile EOD team and directing them to a cache of more than 100 cluster munitions and other unexploded...
For Vietnamese Residents Of Khe Sanh, The Battle Is Not Yet Over
In July 1968 the battle at Khe Sanh in western Quang Tri Province came to a quiet close when the fighting stopped, the guns fell silent, and the large toll of casualties among American, North Vietnamese, and South Vietnamese...
U.S. veteran leads clean-up of Vietnam War’s lethal remnants
There are still ongoing lethal consequences of the Vietnam War that ended in 1975. Undetonated "bomblets," dropped by the U.S. military during the conflict, are killing and maiming people who discover them by accident. To help close a painful...
Mine Action ALERT: Explosion Critically Injures Quang Tri Man While Replanting Trees In Forest
An explosion of wartime ordnance critically injured a 42-year-old resident of Hai Le Ward, Quang Tri Township on Friday as he was digging and replanting trees in the forest, resulting in loss of one arm, a mangled hand, leg...
Integrated Mine Risk Education For Children At The Mine Action Visitor Center
Tuesday 13 August 2013 was a memorable Mine Risk Education field trip away from home for 50 students of Le Hong Phong Secondary School from Cam Tuyen Commune, Cam Lo District.
Narrow Escape As Post War Ordnance Explodes in Quang Tri Rice Field
An explosion of wartime ordnance at 08:00 a.m. today killed a 60-year-old metal collector in Dong Ha City. Mr. Dao Mua, the father of three children, died on the spot as he searched for scrap metal on a plot...
State of The Art Equipment Funded By The Government Of Japan Will Expand Production At The Mushroom Centre In Cam Lo
A line of state-of-the-art mushroom production equipment funded by the Government of Japan was officially put into operation at the Mushroom Center following the handover ceremony held by Project RENEW and its international partner, the Humpty Dumpty Institute (HDI),...
900 Kg Naval Shell Destroyed
The safe destruction of a 16-inch naval shell the middle of forestation hills in Tan Quang Village on Wednesday by Project RENEW's EOD team gave a sign of relief to the local villagers in the vicinity.
Hundreds Of Unexploded Cluster Munitions Safely Removed From A Plantation
Following a report last Friday from residents of Trieu Ai Commune, the Project RENEW Community Support Team (CST) found a cache of unexploded cluster munitions stockpiled in the middle of an acacia tree plantation, luckily nearly 10 km away...
Naval Projectile Under A House Explodes, Family Escapes Injury
A Saturday evening explosion of wartime ordnance that was deeply buried under the foundation of a house in Quang Tri Province shredded part of the structure, but the elderly couple living there escaped injury. The detonation occurred in Le...