Fungi growing helps explosion victims

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VietnamNet English 3 week(s) ago

Fungi growing helps explosion victims

Bich Giang villager Nguyen Hinh is waiting for his first batch of wood-ear fungi, hoping that it will provide a stable income for his family.

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Fungi growing helps explosion victims

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VietNam News English 1 month(s) ago

Fungi growing helps explosion victims

Bich Giang villager Nguyen Hinh is waiting for his first batch of wood-ear fungi, hoping that it will provide a stable income for his family.

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Scrap collector loses hand to war-era bomb

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Báo Thanh Niên English 7 month(s) ago

The decade-long American bombardment of Vietnam claimed another casualty this week, one of over 100,000 injuries and deaths caused by unexploded ordnance here in the nearly 40 years since the war’s end.

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500lb war-era bomb found in central Vietnam

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Báo Thanh Niên English 9 month(s) ago

A large unexploded bomb was successfully defused in Quang Tri Province’s Huong Hoa District on Friday. The work was carried out by a joint effort between the district military unit and project RENEW (Restoring the Environment and Neutralizing the Effects of the War) - a partnership between Quang Tri Province and international organizations to reduce the effects of unexploded ordnance (UXO) in Vietnam. The bomb is about 1.5 meters long and weighs 227kg (500lb) and had been detected by scrap...

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Int’l project eliminates war effects in Vietnam

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VOV News English 10 month(s) ago 1 duplicate news

Int’l project eliminates war effects in Vietnam

(VOV) - Over nearly 40 years since Vietnam’s reunification in 1975, more than 140,000 people have been killed or injured by explosive remnants of war (ERW).

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US country singer to perform for landmine victims

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Báo Thanh Niên English 14 month(s) ago

American country music singer-songwriter Mary McBride and her five-piece band will perform for victims of landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) in Vietnam’s north central province of Quang Tri next Monday (April 9).

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The bloody after effects of war

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Báo Đầu Tư English 36 month(s) ago

The bloody after effects of war

Although the American War ended almost 30 years ago, its after effects continue to kill former soldiers and their children in peacetime Quang Tri province, the fiercest battlefield during the war. Tu Giang reports.

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Remnants of war pose threat in Vietnam's Quang Tri

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Báo Dân Trí English 37 month(s) ago

Remnants of war pose threat in Vietnam's Quang Tri

Something resembling a broken green plate suddenly catches Staff Sergeant Mike Overton's eye.

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US vets return to see grim legacy of war

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Hanoi Times English 42 month(s) ago

US vets return to see grim legacy of war

A German expert guides Vietnamese staff to clear landmines and bombs. Thanks to support from international charity organisations, authorities in Quang Tri Province have cleared 851ha

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US vets return to see grim legacy of war

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VietnamNet English 42 month(s) ago

US vets return to see grim legacy of war

VietNamNet Bridge - A piece of shrapnel sliced Jerry Maroney’s right leg. A bullet pierced Peter Holt’s neck. Les Newell took a shot in the rump.

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American veterans return to scene of crime

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Báo QĐND English 42 month(s) ago

American veterans return to scene of crime

Dozens of US veterans and their families will visit Vietnam next week to learn more about how the bombs their country dropped decades ago continue to kill and maim innocents.

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VVMF dedicates renovated primary school in Quang Tri

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Báo QĐND English 42 month(s) ago

VVMF dedicates renovated primary school in Quang Tri

Students at the dedication ceremony

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US vets return to see grim legacy of war (24-01-2010) by Ben Stocking

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VietNam News English 43 month(s) ago

US vets return to see grim legacy of war
(24-01-2010)
by Ben Stocking

These old American soldiers recovered from the physical scars of combat long ago. But last week, they visited a place where people still have fresh wounds from the American War, which ended nearly 35 years ago.

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American war veterans see a new Vietnam

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Báo Thanh Niên English 43 month(s) ago

American war veterans see a new Vietnam

While serving in South Vietnam in the early 1970s, 20-year-old marine Lester Newell told himself that if he ever got out of the war alive, he would come back to the country.

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US veterans help to deal with consequences of war

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VOV News English 43 month(s) ago 1 related news

The President of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) Vu Xuan Hong met with a delegation from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund (VVMF) of the US in Hanoi on January 12.
The delegation, led by retired US Army General Barry Richard McCaffrey, who is currently an Adjunct Professor at the US Military Academy-Westpoint, and Jan C. Scruggs, VVMF President, arrived in Vietnam on January 11 for a week-long working trip.
The VUFO President expressed his hope that the VVMF...

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