A bomb weighing about 450kg was removed from a field in Kim Dong district in the northern province of Hung Yen, the provincial Military Command said on December 16.
The 1.82m-long bomb was found one metre underground in Mieu Nha village, Song Mai commune when a local farmer family dug a pond to raise fish. It is of the MK-83 type and believed to be dropped by US military in around 1972.
The local defence forces have moved the bomb safely to the shooting range of the provincial Command for detonation.
Recently, dozens of bombs and artillery shells have been unearthed and safely destroyed in the districts of Tien Lu, Kim Dong, Van Giang in Hung Yen.
A 230kg bomb was salvaged from the Hoi Tren riverbed in Thach Son Commune, Thach Ha District of the north central province of Ha Tinh, during construction of a sewage and canal system.
A 230kg bomb was salvaged from the Hoi Tren riverbed in Thach Son Commune, Thach Ha District of the north central province of Ha Tinh, during construction of a sewage and canal system.
VOV.VN - An American bomb dropped during the past war has been found in the Quang Thuc Commune of Dak Nong Province, the second such bomb detected in the region this year, reports the military command.
VOV.VN - An American bomb dropped during the past war has been found in the Quang Thuc Commune of Dak Nong Province, the second such bomb detected in the region this year, reports the military command.
VOV.VN - An unexploded ordnance clearance team of PeaceTrees Vietnam, a US-based non-profit organization, has successfully deactivated a bomb weighing 227 kilograms in Quang Tri Province.
VOV.VN - An unexploded ordnance clearance team of PeaceTrees Vietnam, a US-based non-profit organization, has successfully deactivated a bomb weighing 227 kilograms in Quang Tri Province.