[CPEO-MEF] GLOBAL, MUNITIONS: "Vietnam, US sign agreement for clearing war-era ordnance"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Vietnam, US sign agreement for clearing war-era ordnance

Thanh Nien Daily (Vietnam)
December 17, 2013


The US signed a memorandum of understanding with Vietnam Monday to  
help locate and clear unexploded ordnance left over from the Vietnam  
War, which ended in 1975.

Vietnam is one of the countries most threatened by UXO, according to  
the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs.

Its survey in 2002, which did not include the country's maritime  
areas, found 6.6 million hectares with UXO.

The bombs had killed at least 42,135 people by 2000 and injured  
62,163 others, with children accounting for 30 percent of the victims.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.thanhniennews.com/index/pages/20131217-parties-sign-mou- 
for-tackling-bomb-leftovers-from-vietnam-war.aspx

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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