[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS, GLOBAL: "Vietnam calls for international assistance in UXO removal"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Vietnam calls for international assistance in UXO removal

Vietnam Plus
December 4, 2013

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese government and international partners will mobilise all resources to overcome the consequences of unexploded ordnance (UXO) left over from the war, according to Don Tuan Phong, Vice President of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO).

He noted that many organisations had joined Vietnam in the endeavour over the past 20 years, contributing 10-15 million USD every year.

The organisations also assisted the country in drawing charts of areas polluted by UXOs as well as building a database on bombs, mines and other ordnance, he added.

According to Sean Wetherill, Managing Director of the US Government through the Mines Advisory Group (MAG) in the central province of Quang Binh, the pollution caused by UXOs in Vietnam remains serious, especially in Quang Binh, which was hard hit by bombings during the Vietnam War.

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For the entire article, see
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/society/90550/vietnam-calls-for-international-assistance-in-uxo-removal.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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