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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PHAXAY, XIENG KHUONG PROVINCE, LAOS - Almost half a century later, scars from the U.S. Air Force's bombings are still visible in ...
News Laos » Xieng Khouang » History: Laos jars are slowly revealing their secrets
In the rugged province of Xieng Khoaung in upper northern Laos are scattered more than 2,000 large carved stone jars. They vary in size, with the biggest standing at just over 2.5 meters tall and ...
News Laos » Xieng Khouang » History: Laos’ Perplexing Plain of Jars
Scattered across 15,000 square kilometers of rolling green hills, rice paddies, and forests of Xieng Khouang Province in Laos are thousands of mysterious jars. Some are only a few feet high, while ...
News Laos » Xieng Khouang » History: How Deadly Weapons Continue to Rule Daily Life
At the Vienthong primary school in Laos’ Xieng Khouang province, six students take out hand puppets made from clothing scraps and colored felt. Their audience — a class of around 15 children ages 3 to ...
News Laos » Xieng Khouang » History: Russia to build airport, train forces in sign of growing military ties With Laos
Russian troops have been clearing an area of around 500 hectares (1,240 acres) of unexploded ordnance (UXO) in Laos’s Xieng Khouang province with plans to build a new airport and military facility as ...
News Laos » Xieng Khouang » History: Tourism development near Laos’ Plain of Jars to be studied
A private company will study ways to develop northern Laos’ Plain of Jars archaeological site for tourism, according to an agreement signed with Xieng Khouang provincial officials. The Plain of Jars ...
News Laos » Xieng Khouang » History: Decades after Vietnam War, Laos grapples with unexploded bombs
PHAXAY, XIENG KHUONG PROVINCE, LAOS - Almost half a century later, scars from the U.S. Air Force's bombings are still visible in Laos' Xieng Khouang Province, the area in the impoverished country most ...
News Laos » Xieng Khouang » History: Russia to Build Airport in Laos, Train Armed Forces in Sign of Strengthening Military Ties
Russian troops have been clearing an area of around 500 hectares of unexploded ordnance, or UXO, in Laos’ Xieng Khouang province with plans to build a new airport and military facility as part of an ...