Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung
Vietnam: 100,000 Killed, Hurt by Abandoned Weapons -- New York Times
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — More than 100,000 Vietnamese have been killed or injured by land mines or other abandoned explosives since the Vietnam War ended nearly 40 years ago, and clearing all of the country will take decades more, officials said Monday.
"The war's painful legacy, which includes hundreds of thousands of tons of bombs and unexploded ordnance, continues to cause painful casualties every day," Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung told a U.N.-sponsored conference on ways to deal with the problem.
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Update: Vietnam seeks $500 mln to clear war-era bombs, mines -- Reuters
My Comment: The Vietnam war and its legacy is going to be with the Vietnamese for decades .... claiming lives and causing crippling casualties to those who are not even born yet.
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