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.

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