2021-01-15 09:38:27 GMT2021-01-15 17:38:27(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
VIENTIANE, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- Prime Minister of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith was elected as the new General Secretary of the country's ruling Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee at the communist party's 11th congress held in the capital Vientiane on Friday.
The three-day congress beginning Wednesday has elected the new members of the LPRP Central Committee for the 2021-25 term. Participating in the vote were 768 delegates at the congress, who represented a total of about 348,680 party members nationwide.
On Friday, the new central committee held its inaugural meeting to elect members of its politburo as well as general secretary.