Laos Grows Up, but US Aid Cuts Are Hurting Its De-Mining Work

Laos Grows Up, but US Aid Cuts Are Hurting Its De-Mining Work

During the Vietnam War, the United States dropped two million tons of bombs on Laos, and the country is still reckoning with the unexploded ordnance littered throughout the countryside. But recent cuts in US foreign aid have put bomb-removal work, above, on hold. At the UN, Laos is a member of the Economic and Social Council and about to graduate from the status of least-developed country, a major step out of poverty. LEGACIES OF WAR As global d…