A 250-kilo bomb measuring 1.60 metres in length is found at a road construction site in the central province of Ha Tinh on August 28. Photo by VTV.
Ha Tinh Provincial Military Command on August 28 safely removed the bomb from a road construction site in Nghi Xuan District to a military area in Thach Ha District for a controlled denotation.
According to Xuan Thanh Commune People's Committee Chairman Tran Quoc Anh, said the bomb was found on the morning of August 28 while a team of workers were clearing the site for local road construction.
"The bomb left from the American War was found lying about one metre underground," Anh said. "The rusty cover made it impossible to see any information on it."
Ha Tinh was among the areas hardest hit by bombs during the American War in Vietnam. Although the war ended over 40 years ago, around 800,000 tonnes of unexploded ordnance remain scattered across the country, according to data from the government.
