Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien, member of the Party Central Committee, member of the Central Military Commission, Deputy Minister of National Defense , Head of the Standing Office of the National Steering Committee for Overcoming the Consequences of Post-War Bombs, Mines and Toxic Chemicals in Vietnam, chaired the conference. Attending the conference were Senior Lieutenant General Phung Si Tan, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army; representatives of a number of central and local ministries, branches, military agencies and units, domestic enterprises; embassies of foreign countries; international organizations, non-governmental organizations; experts and scientists.

The report at the conference by Major General Tran Trung Hoa, Commander of the Engineering Corps, General Director of the Vietnam National Mine Action Center stated that in the period of 2023 - 2024, under the direction of the Ministry of National Defense - the Standing Agency of the National Steering Committee for overcoming the consequences of post-war bombs, mines and toxic chemicals in Vietnam, the Vietnam National Mine Action Center has closely coordinated with ministries, branches, localities, and international organizations to comprehensively implement the goals and tasks of the program and plan to overcome the consequences of post-war bombs and mines, achieving encouraging results.

Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien speaks at the conference.
Delegates attending the conference.

In particular, it has advised Steering Committee 701 and the Ministry of National Defense to develop and promulgate plans, projects, legal documents, and training programs as a basis for mobilizing funding and effectively and transparently using resources to promote post-war mine consequence relief activities; has mobilized 44 projects with a total committed aid value of 138.5 million USD; has organized education on mine accident prevention with more than 1,900 direct propaganda sessions, hundreds of mobile propaganda sessions, in newspapers and on television; thousands of sessions on loudspeakers and film screenings in communes, districts, and units; produced hundreds of propaganda messages and slogans.

In addition, the Ministry of National Defense has presided over and coordinated with ministries, branches and localities to deploy investigation, survey and mine clearance activities nationwide on more than 73,000 hectares. The focus is on the project "Bomb, mine and explosive clearance to serve the search and collection of remains of martyrs who died in the war to protect the Fatherland in Ha Giang province" in the period of 2020 - 2025, which has completed 3,200 hectares.

Major General Tran Trung Hoa reported on the implementation results of the National Action Program to overcome the consequences of post-war bombs and mines in Vietnam for the 2023-2024 period.

Mr. Marc Evans Knapper, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Vietnam, spoke at the conference.

Speaking at the conference, Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien acknowledged the efforts of all levels, sectors, and socio-political organizations from the central to local levels in implementing the National Action Program to Overcome the Consequences of Post-War Bombs and Mines in Vietnam for the 2023-2024 period (Program 504); thanked the governments of countries, international organizations, Ambassadors, defense attachés, etc. for their effective contributions to Vietnam in overcoming the consequences of bombs and mines. At the same time, he called on domestic and international businesses, organizations, and individuals to continue to join hands to support resources to help Vietnam overcome the consequences of post-war bombs and mines.

Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien requested that in the coming time, the Vietnam National Mine Action Center and the functional agencies of the Ministry of National Defense closely coordinate with ministries, branches and localities to further accelerate the progress of overcoming the consequences of bombs and mines; continue to complete documents and files to further improve the effectiveness of overcoming the consequences of post-war bombs and mines in Vietnam; actively carry out international cooperation activities, mobilize resources; develop and implement projects to overcome the consequences of bombs and mines; improve training and human resource training capacity, strengthen information management; promote communication and education activities, raise awareness of mine accident prevention in localities.

Giving gifts to support victims of bombs and mines.

At the Conference, representatives of domestic and international organizations and enterprises presented enthusiastic speeches, directly sponsored or committed to sponsor, clearly demonstrating the responsibility of "Joining hands to overcome the consequences of bombs and mines - leaving no one behind"; signed memoranda of understanding, documents committing to sponsor and support livelihoods for bomb and mine victims and awarded groups and individuals with outstanding achievements in overcoming the consequences of bombs and mines in Vietnam in recent times.  

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