LAOS-VIENTIANE-STATE LEADERS-ELECTION
Published on Wed, Apr 20 2016 16:00 IST | 455 Views
VIENTIANE, April 20, 2016 - Pany Yathotu addresses the first session of the eighth legislature of the National Assembly of Laos in Vientiane, capital of Laos, April 20, 2016. The National Assembly of Laos on Wednesday elected Bounnhang Vorachit, general secretary of the People's Revolutionary Party Central Committee, as the country's president. The lawmakers elected the party's political bureau member Thongloun Sisoulith as the prime minister and reelected political bureau member Pany Yathotu as the president of the National Assembly.
Bounnhang Vorachit addresses the first session of the eighth legislature of the National Assembly of Laos in Vientiane, capital of Laos, April 20, 2016.
Thongloun Sisoulith addresses the first session of the eighth legislature of the National Assembly of Laos in Vientiane, capital of Laos, April 20, 2016.