Quang tri: The Mines Advisory Group (MAG), an international humanitarian organisation specialising in unexploded ordnance clearance, has safely dealt with a 241-kg bomb discovered in the central province of Quang Tri. The bomb, identified as an MK82 left from the war, was found by a resident. Experts confirmed the bomb had a lethal radius of about 1.5 kilometres. After a thorough evaluation, the team safely moved the bomb to a designated area for controlled detonation.
According to Vietnam News Agency, Quang Tri is among the provinces most heavily contaminated with unexploded ordnance from wartime in Vietnam. Landmines and bombs have claimed over 3,430 lives and injured more than 5,100 people since the war ended in 1975.