Undefined Explosive Device (UED) event in Bien Dien, Bien Dien area, Viet Nam on Fri 24th February 2023

350kg unexploded ordnance found at boarding school in north VietnamÉ troops mobilized to remove 350kg unexploded ordnance found at boarding school in north VietnamÉ troops mobilized to remove 600,000 to 800,000 tonnes remain in 17% of the country Soldiers and civil servants carrying unexploded ordnance [VN_____ ___ __. ___ _ DB __] (Hanoi = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Beom-soo = An unexploded bomb weighing 350 kg was found in a boarding school in northern Vietnam. According to local media VN Express on the 28th, the Vietnamese Army safely removed unexploded ordnance from the site of a boarding school in the northern province of Bien Dien. On the 24th, workers working on an embankment at the school discovered unexploded ordnance buried about 2m underground and reported it to the authorities. The ordnance was dropped by the French during the Battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954. At that time, the Vietnamese army drove the French occupation forces out of the field, winning a battle that lasted for almost two months. According to the Vietnamese authorities, it is currently estimated that between 600,000 and 800,000 tons of unexploded ordnance remain in an area that accounts for 17.7% of the countryÕs 63 provinces and cities. Since 1975, when the war against the United States ended, 40,000 people have been killed and 60,000 wounded by unexploded ordnance in Vietnam, the media reported.