Massive bomb cache dating back to 1954 found on building site

[ASEAN NOW News]

Vietnam's military has discovered over 1.5 tons of unexploded bombs and bullets while building a housing unit in the central province of Quang Tri.

 

A staff measures bombs at a disposal site in Quang Tri Province, August 2, 2021. Photo by VnExpres/Quang Ha.

 

According to Vn Express, while digging the foundations for a new home, planned to house the engineer platoon under the province’s Military Command in Cua Tung Town of Vinh Linh District, authorities were surprised to uncovered a stash of unexploded ordnance, including 30 artillery shells weighing from 25 to 117 kilograms, 100 detonators, and 20 detonated mines.

 

On Monday, all the explosives were moved to a safe disposal site.

 

From 1954 to 1972, Ben Hai River in Quang Tri was a temporary demarcation line between the south and north Vietnam during the Vietnam War.

 

Quang Tri, as a result, suffered the most bombings throughout the war that lasted from 1955 to 1975, with 83 percent of its area contaminated by explosive remnants of war.