QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER FROM PROJECT RENEW

Expanding RENEW's reach by leveraging local resources

Lê Văn Phú, a physician working at Quảng Trị General Hospital, is one of 21 local doctors who were trained by Norwegian doctor Hans Husum on advance life support skills. The training is part of Project RENEW’s cooperation with the Quảng Trị Health Department to improve local medical capacity. Click here to read more.

Cleaning up cluster bombs for residents to build new homes, live in safety

Lê Đông was gesturing toward the edge of his village.

“This area was littered with so many cluster bombs after 1975,” he said, “that when people came back after the war a lot of casualties occurred while they were farming.” Click here to read more.

Quảng Trị government and HDI sign a five-year agreement to support UXO survivors through "Mushrooms-with-a-Mission"

An agreement signed on 3 March 2011 will reduce poverty and bring improved living conditions for UXO victim families by expanding a mushroom-growing project in Quảng Trị Province. Click here to read more.

Vietnamese army veteran fought against the U.S., now works with Americans and international advisors to clean up debris of war

55-year-old Bùi Trọng Hồng retired in 2002 after 30 years in the People’s Army of Vietnam, Quân đội Nhân dân Việt Nam. He has worked as National Technical Officer for Project RENEW’s EOD teams since 2008. In this interview, he reflected on his years of military duty and dealing with battlefield ordnance, and his more recent civilian service as an expert with several NGO projects. Click here to read more.