Lao parliament elects Thongloun as new president


Thongloun Sisoulith. - The Star file pic

VIENTIANE (Xinhua): The ongoing inaugural session of the ninth legislature of the Lao National Assembly (NA) on Monday (March 22) morning elected Thongloun Sisoulith, general secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee, as the country's new president, replacing Bounnhang Vorachit.

After assuming the presidency, Thongloun vowed to actively work with the LPRP, the state leaders and the Lao people to create favourable conditions for stability, national economic growth and poverty reduction in the country.

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