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The ‘landmine girls’ who clear Vietnam’s unexploded bombs IWD2020

The area was one of the most heavily bombed of the war and the US Department of Defence estimates that 10 percent of the 80 million tons of munitions used by the US army in Vietnam failed to detonate on impact.For Ms Lan, being part of the 16-member team has a special meaning.

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