Laos: New PM tells new Minister of Finance to plug leaks and end corruption

Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh addresses the Ministry of Finance.

VIENTIANE, April 18: The prime minister of Laos has urged the country’s new finance minister to put an end to financial leaks, as well as ending corruption within the ministry, reports Laotian Times.

A handover of the ceremony held recently at the Ministry of Finance, between outgoing minister Somdy Duangdy and the new Minister of Finance, Bounchom Ubonpaseuth, attended by Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh.