SUMMARY:
- Nine Mine Action Teams (MATs), supported by three Community Liaison (CL) teams.
- Teams visited 2,442 houses, searching 5,304 square metres; performing 558 Explosive Ordnance
Disposal (EOD) tasks; and removing a total of 1,012 items of UXO.
- Community Liaison teams conducted seven community/partner meetings; visiting seven
villages, conducting 1,384 house to house surveys; documenting 164 mine/UXO
reports; generating two post-clearance impact reports.
- 1005 CWMD (Conventional Weapons Management & Destruction) items were removed and destroyed during the month.
- These activities benefited 27,566 people, mainly in remote, marginalised communities.
Quang Binh Province:
- Mobile Operations: All four MATs based in the province conducted mobile operations during the
month, visiting 2,442 households, searching 5,304 sq/m of land and removing 609 items of UXO.
- Static Site Clearance: One MAT cleared 435 sq/m of land.
- EOD Response Tasks: One of the MATs conducted one EOD Response Tasks during the period,
removing and destroying one UXO item.
- Community Liaison: CL teams conducted five community/partner meetings; visited seven villages, conducted 1,384 house-to-house surveys; documented 164 mine/UXO reports; generated two post-clearance impact reports.
Quang Tri Province:
- Mobile Operations: One MAT based in the province conducted mobile operations during the month,
responding to Community Liaison information, removing 13 items of UXO.
- Scrapyards: Two MATs were also tasked with visiting 15 scrap yards in the province, removing 387 items of UXO.
- EOD Response Tasks: One MAT conducted one EOD Response Tasks during the period, removing and
destroying two UXO items.
- Community Liaison: CL teams conducted two community/partner meetings.
DONORS
MAG would like to express its gratitude and many thanks to the following current donors to the
Vietnam Programme: Adopt-a-Minefield; Imperial Tobacco; Irish Aid; Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement, US Department of State; Schonstedt/UN.
To download the full report please visit www.maginternational.org/vietnam.
[ Any views expressed in this article are those of the writer and not of Reuters. ]
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