At the event, Major General Tran Trung Hoa, Commanding General of the Engineering Corps and Director General of VNMAC, stressed that the MoU marks an important milestone in deepening the cooperation relationship between the two sides in order to join hands in overcoming the consequences of landmines left from the war in the territory of Vietnam.

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The two sides at the signing ceremony.

The Director General of VNMAC highly appreciated MAG’s operation in Vietnam since 1999. So far, the organization’s work has helped clean up 27,600ha of contaminated land to deactivate nearly 396,000 UXO items; organized dozens of dissemination campaigns to raise local people’s awareness of bomb and mine accident prevention; and co-chaired the Mine Action Working Group (MAWG) to boost progress in overcoming the consequences of post-war bombs and mines in Vietnam more effectively.

Meanwhile, the Director General of VNMAC also hailed the fruitful cooperation results between VNMAC and MAG in the 2021-2024 period, particularly in fields of organizing refresher courses to train VNMAC staff, raising local people’s awareness of bomb and mine accident prevention, and sharing information to add to the national database on war remnants managed by VNMAC.

For her part, MAG Vietnam’s Director Sarah Goring highlighted the important support and cooperation of VNMAC, the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defense, and central and local authorities where MAG are operating over the past time. She believed that the signing of the MoU would further promote the two sides’ cooperation relations in the time to come.

Translated by Minh Anh