Source: Viet Nam News
HA NOI � The United States yesterday donated nearly US$1 million worth of equipment to locate and clear landmines and unexploded ordnance to the Centre for Bomb and Mine Disposal Technology (BOMICEN).
The equipment will reinforce the centre�s capacity to deal with explosive hazards that have remained after thirty years of conflict.
Since joining the US Government�s Humanitarian Mine Action Programme in 2000, Viet Nam has received over $37 million as mine action aid, with most of the funds supporting the work of various non-governmental organisations for mine and UXO surveys and clearance, mine risk education and assisting mine survivors.
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