[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS, GLOBAL: "Vietnam to publish unexploded ordnance map to curb casualties"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Vietnam to publish unexploded ordnance map to curb casualties

Thanh Nien News (Vietnam)
June 16, 2016

Vietnam, where incidents linked to unexploded ordnance kill more than 1,500 people and maim another 2,200 a year, is set to publish a map showing all the high-risk sites soon in an effort to cut the number of deadly blasts. 

News website VnExpress on Wednesday cited Deputy Defense Minister Nguyen Chi Vinh as saying that the project is nearly completed after "many years of work."
The map, which will be updated every year, is expected to reduce casualties caused by UXO and help authorities tackle the problem effectively, according to the website. 
Official figures show UXO threatens around 6.1 million hectares, or more than 18 percent of land in Vietnam. 

Vietnamese agencies together with non-government organizations now deal with 30,000-35,000 hectares of contaminated land every year, according to data from the Ministry of Defense. 


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For the entire article, see
http://www.thanhniennews.com/society/vietnam-to-publish-unexploded-ordnance-map-to-curb-casualties-63165.html

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Lenny Siegel
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