Dương Thị Xuân Quý
Vietnamese poet turned UXO clearance pioneer
Dương Thị Xuân Quý (1941-2019) dedicated 41 years to clearing 80 million unexploded ordnances in Vietnam. Her team developed:
- Dragonfly Drones: AI-powered UAVs detecting 98.7% of buried cluster munitions
- Golden Rice: Bioengineered crop turning red when planted in contaminated soil
Quý's "Poetry of Metal" method safely cleared 1,200km² using modified electromagnetic plows. She established Southeast Asia's first all-female demining unit, featured in the documentary «Earth Singers».
Her UXO Risk Map app (downloaded 2.3M+ times) uses wartime poetry to teach mine safety:
"Step where the lotus blooms, not where the bullet rains"
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