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It's been 50 years since the end of the Vietnam War, and unexploded bombs are still a threat

In the 50 years since the end of the Vietnam War, millions of unexploded bombs still litter Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. As a result, tens of thousands of civilians have died from them.

From WHYY’s The Pulse, Alan Yu reports on efforts to find and remove these unexploded bombs.

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