Visiting U.S. President Barack Obama addressed the continuing legacy of death and injury resulting from U.S. bombing raids of 1964-1973 during the Vietnam War with a visit to a prosthetic and education center in the Lao capital on Wednesday.
Seek and destroy efforts for decades-old bombs and explosive munitions strewn across landlocked Laos since the Vietnam War era will get a boost of 2,178,865 U.S. dollars in funding from the United States, local media reported Monday.
Lao Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Thongloun Sisoulith on Monday met with visiting U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry.
While most residents at Vilabouly village in Savannakhet province in Laos are engaged in farming and fishing, Wan's favorite pastime is defusing bombs left by the Americans during the Indochina war.