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Voters meet candidates for Laos parliamentary seats

Candidates standing for election to national and provincial parliaments meet with voters in Xayaboury province. VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN): Voters nationwide are scrutinising the candidates hoping to represent them in the National Assembly (NA) and Provincial People’s Councils as campaigning for seats in the legislative bodies intensifies ahead of elections on Feb 21. Voters in the southern province of Xekong expect their representatives to stand up for their interests once they are elected, local media reported. Addressing voters in the province’s Dakcheung district this week, the province’s election committee called for all 2,535 voters in the district to exercise their right to vote and to elect qualified candidates.

Laos gets Russian help to detonate 3,000 UXO devices

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN): Russian demining teams have detonated more than 3,000 UXO items left over from the Indochina War, provided UXO clearance training for Lao specialists, and donated detectors and other field equipment. Starting in 2018, Russian demining teams, representing the International Demining Centre of Russia’s defence forces, have carried out humanitarian UXO clearance in Borikhamxay and Xieng Khuang provinces, according to a statement from the Russian Embassy to Laos. Hundreds of hectares of arable and other land have been restored to normal use, and more than 3,000 UXO devices have been detected and destroyed. Russian demining teams have also organised special classes for people in local communities to teach them what to do if they find unexploded ordnance.

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