projects: landmines

Scrap metal yards in Vietnam are overflowing with old US and Vietnamese military paraphernalia, including artillery shells, mortar rounds, rockets and tanks. When an unexploded bomb is discovered, people are encouraged to not tourch it and contact local authroritites for its removal. The government does not offer a reward for reporting the findings. In a country suffereing from extremem poverty, the risk of moving the bomb outweighs the benefit of calling someone else to retrieve it.