U.S. President Barack Obama (R) delivers remarks before a toast with Laos President Bounnhang Vorachith (seated, C) after their bilateral meeting alongside the ASEAN Summit, at the Presidential Palace in Vientiane, Laos September 6, 2016. The United States announced on Tuesday it would provide an additional $90 million over the next three years to help Laos, heavily bombed during the Vietnam War, clear unexploded ordnance, which have killed or injured more than 20,000 people. "The United States is helping Laos clear unexploded ordnance, which poses a threat to people and hampers economic development," the Office of the Press Secretary said in a statement. Approximately 25 percent of the country's villages are contaminated with unexploded ordnance, according to the British-based Mines Advisory Group which helps find and destroy the bombs. The organisation works with people disabled by unexploded ordnance.

Source: Thanhnien News September 06, 2016 08:48 UTC