Legacies: Unexploded Ordnance

Quang Tri: Big bomb in residential area safely handled

PeaceTrees Vietnam successfully handled and transported a MK82 bomb weighing 227kg left from the war in the central province of Quang Tri.

February 15, 2021

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December 1, 2020

More than 1,400 households with 4,500 inhabitants were evacuated while the bomb was being removed. The unexploded bomb weighed about 340kg.

February 5, 2017

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May 25, 2016

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May 25, 2016

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