Today’s guest is Sarah Goring, Country Director for the Mines Advisory Group, or MAG. The organization is marking 25 years of operations in Vietnam, entirely in Quảng Bình and Quảng Trị.

They have disposed of over 390,000 explosive items since 1999, ranging from small cluster bomblets to huge 500-pound bombs like one that was cleared in Đồng Hới in early April.

We talked about the evolution of MAG’s work in Vietnam over time; the importance of risk education; the cross-cutting impacts of UXO across agriculture, education, healthcare, and other sectors; how UXO is disposed of after being found; and ongoing efforts to survey and map UXO contamination.

Get in touch with Sarah at [email protected].

Related links:

MAG safely removes a MK-82 500LB bomb in Dong Hoi City, Vietnam

Unexploded 200kg bomb discovered in downtown in north-central Vietnam (Tuoi Tre News)

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