The Quang Tri provincial People’s Committee has recently approved a project on support for victims/persons with disabilities (PwDs) and education on landmines and other explosive remnants of war (ERW) toward a safe community, funded with a total budget of EUR293,800 (US$342,390) by the Embassy of Ireland in Vietnam.

PeaceTrees Vietnam (PTVN) – the first US-based NGO permitted to work in Vietnam to address the dangers of wartime explosives – recently celebrated the 30th anniversary on the journey of its humanitarian mission clearing unexploded ordnance (UXO) in the heavily bombarded Quang Tri Province.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son on April 8 chaired a United Nations Security Council open debate via videoconference on “Mine action and sustaining peace: Stronger partnerships for better delivery.”