Lao authorities this week concluded that the 14 bomb attacks in the Vientiane area between 2000 and 2001 were the works of bad elements from outside the country.
Meanwhile, the U.S and Laos signed an MOU on counter-narcotics cooperation, with the U.S pledging to provide a $1.92 million grant to support the Lao government as part if its drug control program for 2003-04.