Lao govt instructs all agencies to help resolve economic woes

Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone leads the monthly government meeting for January. - VT

VIENTIANE: The government has instructed all its departments and local authorities to use all means at their disposal within the scope of their responsibility to help resolve the ongoing economic and financial difficulty and ease people’s hardship.

The instruction was issued at the government’s monthly meeting for January, which took place at the Prime Minister’s Office on Monday and was chaired by Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone.