by Zhang Jianhua
VIENTIANE, April 7 (Xinhua) -- Three big bombs each weighing more than 113 kilograms have been found over the past two weeks in Lao's northern Luang Prabang province.
One was found and reported to the Lao National Unexploded Ordnance Program (UXO Lao) team in the province by villagers from the Houay Lo in Pak-Ou district. The two other bombs were found and reported by construction companies while they were working on road projects in Phone Ngarm and Kok Muang villages in the Luang Prabang district, Lao state-run news agency KPL said Thursday.
In 2016, three large bombs were previously found in the northern province. A total of 100,434 unexploded ordinances (UXO) were found and destroyed across the Southeast Asian country last year.
Laos is deemed the worst UXO-affected country in the world, with UXOs scattered over one-third of the country, according to a 1996 survey by Handicap International.
Statistics show that over the past four decades since the war ended in 1975, UXOs have killed and maimed tens of thousands of civilians in Laos.
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