The device was first spotted by local fishermen near Village 9, who noticed a suspicious object partially exposed on a collapsed section of the riverbank and promptly alerted authorities.

Inspection results confirmed that it was a wartime unexploded bomb with a faded serial number and a rusted body. It measures around 1.5 metres in length, and 25 centimetres in diameter.

Authorities have cordoned off the site, set up warning signs, and deployed personnel to guard the area around the clock while awaiting a disposal plan by the province’s Military Command.

Ha Tinh was once a strategic supply route during the war and endured thousands of bombing raids, leaving behind unexploded ordnance buried underground despite numerous clearance efforts after the war.

Previously, a wartime bomb was also discovered by local residents near the same location.

220-kg wartime bomb safely neutralised in Da Nang

A wartime bomb weighing more than 220kg has been safely defused by the Military Command of Da Nang city after being discovered in Tra Tan commune on October 2.