The bomb was discovered by a local family while digging their house foundation on October 11.
The Chieng Cang Communal People's Committee announced on October 13 that the bomb was successfully defused at 11am the same day.
The bomb was discovered by a local family while digging their house foundation on October 11.
It weighs nearly 350 kilograms and has a length of over 1.26 metres and diameter of 40 centimetres.
The bomb, which dated back to the US war, was found lying some 60 cm underground. The family immediately informed local authorities of their finding.
A bomb disposal team was sent to the site to remove the detonator and take the bomb to a safe location for disposal.
Decades after the end of war, Vietnam still suffers from the deadly threat from millions of tonnes of bombs, mines and UXO left by war, which have killed more than 40,000 and caused disabilities to over 60,000 others. At present, over 17 percent of the country's total natural land area is still polluted with bombs, mines and UXO.
In more than 10 years from 2010 to 2020, nearly 500,000 hectares of areas were cleared from bombs and mines under the National Mine Action Programme in the 2010-2020 period and mission orientation for 2021-2025 (Programme 504).
