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By April last year, Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA) had surveyed traces of cluster bombs in all accessible areas in Quang Tri and found more than 1,200 dangerous areas covering 615 sq.km of cluster bomb-polluted land, including 173 sq.km already cleared by international non-governmental organisations and the provincial Military Command.

That has helped draw maps of confirmed dangerous areas and identify all the places contaminated with bombs, mines, and explosive materials needing clearance.

Quang Tri, located in the frontline between North and South Vietnam during wartime, was the most UXO-contaminated locality in the country.