Cemetery for aircraft, military vehicles in Vietnam

Aircraft, tank chains, specialized military vehicles and other iron equipment are piled around the village of Quan Do, in Van Mon Commune, Yen Phong District, Bac Ninh Province.

For nearly 10 years, Quan Do village has become the center of metal waste. Right at the entrance to the village are aircraft bodies. Local people used to buy more than 20 military aircraft from MiG 19 to MiG 21 and IL18 at the same time. They also buy old military vehicles as scrap. A specialized military vehicles is about to be “processed" to collect metals. There are thousands of old motorbikes in the village. Locals buy them at the price of VND500,000 to VND700,000 ($25-30).   Military communication equipment and computer screens.   Electronics boards. These things will be dismantled to collect metals. The switches split from electrical equipment will be sold to sellers of used electronic items at the flea market in Hanoi. Every day, villagers buy tons of scrap. They have to hire workers from other villages to dismantle and classify waste. Across the villager roads are piles of scrap, ranging from cables to copper wires, electrical transformers, motors etc. A pile of tank chains. After being classified, scraps become best-selling items. In the photo, a truck carries plastic covers of electric wires and plastic materials to recycling facilities.