Bombs of the war of Viet Nam more than 42,000 people have been killed since 1975

More than 42,000 people have died since the war of Viet Nam in this country by the explosion of bombs, mines or artillery abandoned during the conflict between United States and the North Vietnamese Communist army, yesterday said the Prime Minister of Vietnam, Nguyen Tan Dung.

Dung said during the Conference of donors for the destruction of mines held in Hanoi that other 62,000 people have been injured by the explosion of these artifacts war.

Deaths caused by the detonation of these weapons of war, scattered throughout the territory of Vietnamese for more than 36 years, causing hundreds of deaths and injuries each year.

According to official data about a third of the deceased are Metalworkers who seek and deactivate bombs to sell the metal.

United States in Viet Nam, David Shear, Ambassador said during the Conference that the US had donated nearly 62 million dollars (46) u000a(million euros) to help deal with this "painful legacy" to Viet Nam.

Of 15 million tonnes of explosive devices released by us during ten years of bombing, about 800,000 tonnes ordnance still pollute at least 20 per cent of the territory of the country, according to the Official Journal of the army.

Although each year manage to deactivate between 15,000 and 20,000 of these devices, at this rate it will take 440 years clean throughout the territory.

Vietnamese official data do not include the trail of deaths and amputees for the same reason in neighboring Cambodia and Laos, which also were extensively bombed by United States during those years.

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