A 1.2-meter-long bomb was defused in Hai Phong, Vietnam, after being discovered four meters deep by workers. The military carried out its extraction and safe destruction, while the police secured a perimeter of 800 meters around the site. This area was heavily bombed by American forces in the 1970s, leaving unexploded ordnance.
A Vietnam War bomb safely defused in Hai Phong
This article was updated at 04:25.