THE country has started a five-yearly congress of its long-ruling Communist Party to decide on the country’s leadership and agree on a new economic strategy, as it faces challenges from the coronavirus pandemic and a potential debt default.
More than 700 officials of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party will hold meetings in Vientiane until today, during which a new central committee and politburo will be named, state media reported.
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