the photo above is just some of the bombs which UXO has found and destroyed them- there are still lot of unexplosive bombs and very deadly in the south part of Laos---
This impoverished, landlocked country endured one of history's heaviest bombing campaigns. From 1964 through 1973, the United States flew 580,000 bombing runs over Laos one every 9 minutes for 10 years. More than 2 million tons of ordnance was unloaded on the countryside, double the amount dropped on Nazi Germany in World War II. ( By Paul Wiseman, USA TODAY
Since UXO Lao started its work in 1996, it has cleared nearly 10,000 acres of land about 16 square miles in a country that is more than 90,000 square miles. UXO Lao also has destroyed a half million pieces of ordnance, half of which were cluster submunitions. It expects to clear another 2,000 acres this year.The United States, which spent $9 million a day (in today's dollars) bombing Laos for 10 years, last year contributed $1 million to UXO Lao. That was 26% of the agency's budget and more than any other country contributed. Douglas Hartwick, U.S. ambassador to Laos, says he wishes the United States could pay more.
10/7/2007. the US government provides 50 Bombs detectors, (200.000USD) and provided fun 87.000 USD to help laos government to improve and spending in Unexplosive bombs project in Laos.. Us government is biggest supporter in this project.. ( US gov has been supported Laos in this project more than 25 millions USD ) expect the US government, there are still other org and country such as NPA,UNDP,UNICEF, AUSTRALIAM GERMANY, JAPAN,CANADA. SWITZEALAND, BELGIUM, ENGLAND.. source" pasason newspaper 10/7/07
