In a recent interview with the Vietnam News Agency, Nguyen Trieu Thuong, deputy head of the Quang Tri steering committee for the settlement of war-left unexploded ordnance (UXO) consequences, said that over the last 25 years, via international and non-governmental organisations (NGOs), the U.S. Government has helped the province carry out programmes and projects addressing UXO and assisting victims. The US has provided Quang Tri with over 40 million USD to date, accounting for almost 50 percent of the financial aid the province has received from international sponsors to tackle UXO. In 1995, PeaceTrees Vietnam became the first NGO from the US licenced to operate in UXO search and clearance in Vietnam, beginning an array of international cooperation activities in the field funded by the U.S., via such NGOs as the Mines Advisory Group, Clear Path International, and Norwegian People's Aid, Thuong said. She noted that these organisations assisted Quang Tri to detect and detonate 720,000 bombs, mines, and other explosives, clearing UXO on nearly 187 million square metres of land. U.S. support has also greatly helped with training international-standard technicians and applying modern technologies to UXO search and clearance, she said, describing this as an important resource for the… Read full this story
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