Laos governing party hints at state body downsize

VIENTIANE, Oct 3 (Vientiane Times/ANN): The Lao People’s Revolutionary Party has instructed state agencies to reorganise their body structure amid growing public demands for more effective and efficient delivery of public services.

The standing member of the ruling Party Central Committee Secretariat, Dr Bounthong Chitmany, signed a Party order on September 29 that instructed Party committees of ministerial-level state agencies and provincial authorities to reorganise their body structures so that they are more effective and efficient.