US aid freeze suspends de-mining operations in central Vietnam


A de-miner uses special equipment to detect mines and explosives in Quang Tri Province. - thanhnien.vn via VNS/ANN

QUANG TRI: Nearly 1,000 de-mining personnel in Vietnam’s central province of Quang Tri have suspended operations following a freeze on US foreign aid, local authorities announced on Saturday (Feb 8).

The Quang Tri Mine Action Centre (QMC) stated that three US-funded NGOs—MAG, NPA/RENEW, and Peace Trees Vietnam (PTVN)—have halted work after US diplomatic funding was abruptly paused.

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