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Lao NA approves list of new Government members

Phankham Viphavanh, after being elected Prime Minister of Laos by the country’s National Assembly (NA) on March 22, submitted the list of Cabinet members for the 2021 – 2025 tenure to the parliament for approval.
Lao NA approves list of new Government members ảnh 1The first session of the 9th-tenure National Assembly of Laos (Photo: VNA)
Vientiane (VNA) – Phankham Viphavanh,after being elected Prime Minister of Laos by the country’s National Assembly(NA) on March 22, submitted the list of Cabinet members for the 2021 – 2025tenure to the parliament for approval.

The Lao NA approved the proposed list, in whichGeneral Chansamone Chanyalath was elected Deputy PM, Defence Minister SonesaySiphandon Deputy PM and Minister of Planning and Investment, KikeoKhaykhamphithoun Deputy PM, Senior Lieutenant General Vilay LakhamphongMinister of Public Security, Saleumsay Kommasith Minister of Foreign Affairs,and Bounchom Oubonpaseut Minister of Finance.

At the first session of the 9th-tenure NA ofLaos, which is taking place from March 22 to 26, personnel affairs and theapparatus of the Government and judicial agencies are at the top of the agenda.

The Lao parliament is set to approve the reportson election results and the verification of NA deputies’ eligibility whilediscussing and approving the structure and leadership of the State andGovernment.

It will also look into and vote on thesocio-economic development plan and the budget plan for 2021 – 2025; thereports on outcomes of the implementation of tasks for 2016 – 2020 andorientations for activities for the next five years of the Supreme People’sProcuracy, the Supreme People’s Court, the State Audit Organisation, and theGovernment Office.

The NA’s five-year master plan and the one onlaw promulgation and amendment for the next five years are also scheduled to bescrutinised and adopted during this first session./.
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