PANO - Since the beginning this year, engineering units N75, N76, Sao Vang, Viet Bac company, and teams 20, 31 under Military Zone 1 have completed the checking of explosives in Lang Son province in line with border and border post regulations.

A wide range of mines and explosives have been found and deactivated, handing over 233 ha of safe land to people in two districts of Cao Loc and Trang Dinh.

The locals now have more safe land for settlement and cultivation, contributing to poverty reduction and hunger elimination in mountainous areas.

In addition, soldiers in coordination with Youth Union organisations have helped locals dig hundreds of canal watering crops, upgrade thousands of roads and build communal cultural houses.

Translated by Thu Nguyen