VIENTIANE, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- The Lao government has reaffirmed that clearing unexploded ordnance (UXO) remains a national priority, underscoring its commitment to ensuring public safety and ...

Vientiane, Sep 7 (efe_epa).Vientiane, Sep 7 (efe_epa). — Removing the millions of pieces of unexploded ordnance (UXO) from the ground in Laos is no small matter, and some of those who undertake that ...

National Regulatory Authority for the UXO/Mine Action Sector in the Lao PDR (NRA) has set a target to clear and destroy unexploded ordnance on 10,000ha of land this year. The target was reported at ...

VIENTIANE, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- The United States has handed over more equipment for the clearance of unexploded ordnance (UXO) in Laos, to prevent local residents from being injured, disabled or ...

Last week, Laos and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) inked a new support project document focusing on clearing unexploded ordnance (UXO). Though the process itself was fairly routine, it ...

VIENTIANE, March 20 (Xinhua) -- An additional 4.5-million-U.S. dollar funding is needed this year to effectively carry out unexploded ordnance (UXO) operations in Laos. The information came last ...

VIENTIANE, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- The National Regulatory Authority for the UXO/Mine Action Sector (NRA) of Laos recorded 31 UXO (Unexploded Ordnance) accidents over the course of 2021, in which 44 people ...

When the Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy dam burst in southern Laos on July 23, it released 5 billion cubic meters of water that killed at least 35 people, displaced more than 6,000 and swamped 18,000 acres of land ...

VIENTIANE (Xinhua): Nearly 1.7 million unexploded ordnance (UXO) items had been destroyed by clearance teams in Laos from 1996 to Dec 31, 2021, while over 71,000 hectares of land were cleared of ...

VIENTIANE (Xinhua): Laos continues its efforts to address the enduring dangers posed by unexploded ordnance (UXO), reaffirming its commitment to protecting lives, promoting safe land use, and ...

Under a new deal Lao laborers will be able to travel and work in ASEAN countries but will other laborers be free in Laos? The US is donating a small sum of money to help Laos' efforts to clear UXO in ...

Thirty-five years after the end of U.S. military intervention in Indo-China and the establishment of the Lao People's Democratic Republic, the country still grapples with the terrible and continuing ...