Cluster Bomb / Submunition

Cluster Bomb / Submunition event in Quang Tri, Vinh area, Viet Nam on Wed 1st June 2016

1st June 2016

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Cam Lo, Quang Tri (01 June 2016). In a couple of weeks, farmers in Vinh An Village of Cam Hieu Commune will start their new rice crop. It is a common sight to see smoke rising from rice paddy fields here as people are burning leftover straw before water is pumped in for plowing. Heat from burning straw could detonate unexploded ordnance that remains in the field. A potential accident was prevented on Monday when Project RENEW team found and safely removed more than fifty cluster bombs just under the surface.

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Quang Tri ( Vinh area )

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