U.S. Grant to Aid Removal of Land Mines
From Times Wire Reports
Vietnam received a $5-million grant from the United States to help the communist country remove land mines and unexploded ordnance that continue to kill people nearly 30 years after the Vietnam War ended, officials said.
More than half of the grant will be used to expand a program in the central province of Quang Tri near the former demilitarized zone, where the greatest casualties occur.
The money also will be used for mine education programs.
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