Laos News News Laos » People: Inside the Laos villages where people build homes, canoes, and tools out of unexploded bombs left over from the Vietnam War
The US dropped more than 270 million bombs on Laos during the Vietnam War. An estimated 30% of the bombs remain unexploded and are scattered across the country. Some villagers use those bombs as scrap ...
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News Laos » People: Inside the Laos villages where people build homes, canoes, and tools out of unexploded bombs left over from the Vietnam War
You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Decades after the Vietnam War ended, there are around 80 million unexploded bombs left in Laos.