Identified as an MK36 magnetic bomb, the ordnance measured 1.6 metres in length and 27 centimetres in diameter, containing 80kg of explosives.

Military sappers in the northern province of Hung Yen on November 12 safely moved and detonated a war-time bomb weighing more than 100kg, which was uncovered in Kim Dong district on November 9.

Sappers of the Quang Tri provincial Military Command on October 23 successfully detonated a 240kg magnetic bomb left over from the war.

A 350-kg bomb left over from the war was discovered in Hoa Thanh commune, Minh Hoa district, the central province of Quang Binh, reported local authorities on October 3.

Competent forces have successfully deactivated a 340-kilogramme bomb left over from the war in the central province of Quang Binh, a local official said on May 22.

Nearly 500,000 hectares of land were cleared of bombs, mines, and explosives in the 2014-2023 period, informed the Vietnam National Mine Action Centre recently.

An extremely dangerous bomb weighing about 226 kg that remained intact was successfully deactivated in the northern province of Hung Yen on March 6.

A 115kg bomb that remained intact and had high dangerousness has been successfully deactivated in the central province of Binh Dinh.

The Vietnam National Mine Action Center (VNMAC) on February 28 held a meeting with representatives of embassies of countries, international organisations, and foreign non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to celebrate its 10th founding anniversary (March 4, 2014 - 2024).

Sappers in the Military Command of the central province of Nghe An safely defused a 350-kg bomb left from wartime found in a residential area on February 1.

The Military Command of Bao Yen district in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai on October 19 removed a 350-kilogramme bomb left from wartime in Bao Ha commune, and destroyed it safely.

Sappers in the northern province of Yen Bai on October 10 safely defused a 340-kg bomb left from the war.

Sappers in the central province of Nghe An on August 1 safely defused a 340-kg bomb left from the war.

A homemade bomb ripped through a bus in the southern Philippines on April 17, injuring at least eight people, a military spokesperson said.

Authorities in Thailand’s Songkhla province on April 15 tightened security in Hat Yai and Sadao districts following a series of bomb and shooting attacks along rail routes in the three southernmost provinces.

A series of bomb and shooting attacks took place on April 14 night in three southern border provinces of Thailand.

The central province of Quang Tri has the highest rate of mine and bomb pollution in Vietnam with 81% of the province’s total land area littered with dangerous ordnance of this kind.

Sappers from the Military High Command of the southern province of Tra Vinh on March 6 successfully removed and deactivated a bomb weighing over 150 kg left from wartime.

The military force in the central province of Quang Binh has removed a bomb left from wartime from the seabed offshore Quang Trach district and destroyed it safely, the command of the province’s border guard force said on February 19.

PeaceTrees Vietnam (PTVN), a non-governmental organisation (NGO) of the US that engages in detecting and defusing bombs, mines, and explosives, announced that it had successfully handled two bombs that were found in the central province of Quang Tri over the past few days.