The 340-kilo bomb, measuring 35cm in diameter and 155cm in length, is found buried at a garden in Nghe An Province. Photo by Tienphong
The bomb was detected on May 7 when a local man, Luu Xuan Anh, was plowing his garden in Nam Nghia Commune, Nam Dan District.
He then informed local authorities who sent sappers to the site to remove the bomb to a safe area for deactivating.
The bomb was identified as a MK-82, measuring 35cm in diameter and 155cm in length, and weighing 340 kilos. It was left from the American War.
About 800,000 tonnes of bombs, mines, and unexploded ordnance (UXO) were left and buried in Vietnam after the war against the US and southern Vietnamese from 1954 to 1975.
All 63 provinces and cities in the country have been contaminated with UXOs, but the clearance has only been carried out in some northern provinces such as Ha Giang and Lang Son and six central provinces including Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Quang Ngai.
