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.
