Today, millions of unexploded bombs remain, posing a deadly threat to children and their families. An estimated one-fourth of Laos is contaminated and less than 10 percent has been cleared. This ...

VIENTIANE: Despite progress in clearing unexploded ordnance (UXO), Laos still faces challenges, with the threat hindering livelihoods and socio-economic development. Speaking at an event marking ...

VIENTIANE, April 4 (Xinhua) -- Despite progress in clearing unexploded ordnance (UXO), Laos still faces challenges, with the threat hindering livelihoods and socio-economic development. Speaking ...

The government hopes new hotels, roads and a train system will put Laos on visitors’ lists. Laos has a longstanding reputation as an inexpensive, under-the-radar tourist destination best known ...

With approximately 30 percent of the cluster bombs dropped by the US failing to detonate, tens of millions of unexploded ordnance (UXO) remain buried in Lao soil. Since 1964, an estimated 50,000 ...

The figures were announced during an event held on Monday in northern Laos' Luang Prabang province to mark the 19th International Day for UXO/Mine Awareness, Lao national TV reported on Wednesday.

This makes Laos one of the most heavily bombed countries in the history of the world. There is an UXO center in almost every major city in Laos that specializes in the disposal and management of ...

at a press conference in the Lao capital, Vientiane, to mark the 18th International Day for UXO/Mine Awareness. Of the 1,808,254 UXO devices removed and detonated, 1,056,393 were cluster bombs ...