UXO continues to harm development, people's livelihood in Laos

STORY: UXO continues to harm development, people's livelihood in Laos DATELINE: July 14, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:03 LOCATION: Vientiane CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the COPE Visitor Center 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Lao): SYKHOUN BOUNVILAY, Retired senior diplomat of Laos 3. various of the COPE Visitor Center 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Lao): SYKHOUN BOUNVILAY, Retired senior diplomat of Laos 5. various of the COPE Visitor Center 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Lao): SYKHOUN BOUNVILAY, Retired senior diplomat of Laos 7. various of the COPE Visitor Center STORYLINE: The unexploded ordnance (UXO), mainly cluster munitions, has caused great harm to people's livelihood and remains a major challenge to Laos' socio-economic development. During an interview with Xinhua on Wednesday, Sykhoun Bounvilay, a retired senior diplomat of Laos, said that UXO has serious consequences for people's lives. SOUNDBITE 1 (Lao): SYKHOUN BOUNVILAY, Retired senior diplomat of Laos "Laos is the most heavily bombed country in the world in terms of per capita. Un