(130927) -- VIENTIANE, Sept. 27, 2013 (Xinhua) -- Ruth Huber (L, front), regional director of the Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation (SDC), and UNDP Resident Representative to Laos Minh Pham (R, front) shake hands with witness Bounheuang Douangphachanh (C, front), minister to the government's Office and chairman of the National Regulatory Authority for UXO/Mine Action (NRA) Board, during a signing ceremony in Vientiane, Laos, Sept. 27, 2013. Switzerland on Friday extended its support to the unexploded ordinance (UXO) sector in Laos with an additional contribution of 3.79 million U.S. dollars at a signing ceremony in the capital. (Xinhua/Peter Thomson)(dzl)