Vietnam: Thousands killed by abandoned munitions from Vietnam Warfrom Vietnam war

  Although the Vietnam war ended almost 40 years ago, left over munitions still cause casualties almost daily in Vietnam. Prime Minister Dung told a UN conference that 42,132 have been killed and 62,163 injured since the end of the war in 1975.
    The U.S. used almost 16 million tons of bombs and munitions during the course of the war. The U.S. has helped Vietnam deal with the huge problem of clearing areas of dangerous unexploded munition by providing 62 million to Vietnam.
  Munitions remain on a huge area about one fifth of the whole country. Only 5 per cent of contaminated areas have been cleared up to now. The government recently approved plans to clear an additional 1.2 million acres at a cost of 595 million dollars over five years. However, that will still leave 14.8 million acres still to be cleared. For more see this article.