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10th National Congress of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party

10th National Congress of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party

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The 10th National Congress of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP, Lao: ກອງປະຊຸມໃຫຍ່ ຄັ້ງທີ X ຂອງພັກ) was held in Vientiane from 18–22 January 2016. The congress occurs once every five years. A total of 685 delegates represented the party's 252,879 card-carrying members.

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The 1st Plenary Session of the 10th Central Committee elected the 10th Politburo and the 10th Secretariat. 11 people were elected to the Politburo, and nine to the Secretariat.[2] It elected Bounnhang Vorachith LPRP General Secretary, Phankham Viphavan as Executive Secretary of the Secretariat and Bounthong Chitmany as Chairman of the Inspection Committee.[2] Former General Secretary Choummaly Sayasone stepped down alongside former Politburo members Thongsing Thammavong, Asang Laoly and Somsavat Lengsavad.[2] Bounnhang closed the proceedings by remarking that the elected members were qualified since most of them had been active participants in the war of national liberation.[2]

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Topics of Discussion

Among topics discussed were ending fiscal misappropriation and attracting foreign investment. Presented at the Congress were

  1. the 8th National Socio-Economic Development Plan, which strives to remove Laos from the list of the world's most underdeveloped countries by 2020,
  2. the socio-economic development strategy for 2016-2025,
  3. the 2030 vision report, and
  4. the Party statutes.[3]

It also hopes to further bolster Laos by developing it into an upper-middle income state by 2030.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "Laos' LPRP convenes 10th National Congress". Nhân Dân. 18 January 2016. Archived from the original on 26 January 2021. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  2. [2]
    Vaenko, Souksakhone (22 January 2016). "Laos' 10th Congress elects new Party leadership". Asian News. Archived from the original on 2016-02-03. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  3. [3]
    "10th National Party Congress of Laos closes". Nhân Dân. 22 January 2016. Archived from the original on 26 January 2021. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  4. [4]
    "10th Congress of Lao People's Revolutionary Party opens in Vientiane - Xinhua | English.news.cn". news.xinhuanet.com. Archived from the original on April 13, 2016. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
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