Russia continues mine clearance operation in eastern Laos

Russian and Lao officials inspect a mine clearance site in Viengxay district, Huaphan province. - VT/ANN

VIENTIANE: Over the past three months, Lao and Russian military bomb disposal experts have removed 285 items of unexploded ordnance (UXO) from a planned total area of ​​187,180 square metres in Viengxay district, Huaphan province.

So far, 157,887 square metres of land have been surveyed and cleared of UXO, with 29,395 square metres still remaining.