The incident took place on Sunday morning as the trio was traveling in a vehicle in the remote mountainous province of Xaysomboun. Xinhua said one of the victims is an employee of a Chinese mining company.
“Laos military personnel rushed to the scene and the injured, surnamed Zhou, has been shifted to a hospital in the capital, Vientiane, for treatment,” Xinhua said. Chinese embassy officials visited the injured person and demanded a prompt investigation into the “suspected bomb attack,” Xinhua reported.
Beijing has become a major diplomatic and economic investor in Laos in recent years, pouring huge sums of money in Laos’ abundant natural resources sector. Xinhua said a special envoy of President Xi Jinping is scheduled to visit this week.
The incident comes as US Secretary of State John Kerry is in Laos in a rare visit by a US official.
