Lao foreign minister in N. Korea

Lao foreign minister in N. Korea

Lao Foreign Minister Thongsavanh Phomvihane (front, L) arrives in Pyongyang on Nov. 11, 2025, for a five-day trip at the invitation of the North Korean Foreign Ministry.

CHINA-BEIJING-EIGHTH LMC FOREIGN MINISTERS' MEETING (CN)

CHINA-BEIJING-EIGHTH LMC FOREIGN MINISTERS' MEETING (CN)

(231207) -- BEIJING, Dec. 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- The eighth Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) Foreign Ministers' Meeting is held in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 7, 2023. Member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Myanmar's Deputy Prime Minister and Union Minister for Foreign Affairs U Than Swe co-chaired the meeting. Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sok Chenda Sophea, Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara, Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son, and Thongsavanh Phomvihane, head of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party Central Committee's commission for external relations, also attended the meeting. (Xinhua/Li Tao)

CHINA-BEIJING-EIGHTH LMC FOREIGN MINISTERS' MEETING (CN)

CHINA-BEIJING-EIGHTH LMC FOREIGN MINISTERS' MEETING (CN)

(231207) -- BEIJING, Dec. 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- The eighth Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) Foreign Ministers' Meeting is held in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 7, 2023. Member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Myanmar's Deputy Prime Minister and Union Minister for Foreign Affairs U Than Swe co-chaired the meeting. Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sok Chenda Sophea, Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara, Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son, and Thongsavanh Phomvihane, head of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party Central Committee's commission for external relations, also attended the meeting. (Xinhua/Li Tao)

CHINA-BEIJING-EIGHTH LMC FOREIGN MINISTERS' MEETING (CN)

CHINA-BEIJING-EIGHTH LMC FOREIGN MINISTERS' MEETING (CN)

(231207) -- BEIJING, Dec. 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- The eighth Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) Foreign Ministers' Meeting is held in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 7, 2023. Member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Myanmar's Deputy Prime Minister and Union Minister for Foreign Affairs U Than Swe co-chaired the meeting. Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sok Chenda Sophea, Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara, Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son, and Thongsavanh Phomvihane, head of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party Central Committee's commission for external relations, also attended the meeting. (Xinhua/Li Tao)

CHINA-BEIJING-ZHAO LEJI-LAO NATIONAL ASSEMBLY-TALKS (CN)

CHINA-BEIJING-ZHAO LEJI-LAO NATIONAL ASSEMBLY-TALKS (CN)

(230904) -- BEIJING, Sept. 4, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhao Leji, chairman of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, holds talks with visiting Lao National Assembly President Saysomphone Phomvihane at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 4, 2023. (Xinhua/Pang Xinglei)

CHINA-BEIJING-ZHAO LEJI-LAO NATIONAL ASSEMBLY-TALKS (CN)

CHINA-BEIJING-ZHAO LEJI-LAO NATIONAL ASSEMBLY-TALKS (CN)

(230904) -- BEIJING, Sept. 4, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhao Leji, chairman of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, and visiting Lao National Assembly President Saysomphone Phomvihane sign an agreement on cooperation between the NPC and the Lao National Assembly after their talks at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 4, 2023. (Xinhua/Pang Xinglei)

LAOS-VIENTIANE-NEW PM

LAOS-VIENTIANE-NEW PM

(221230) -- VIENTIANE, Dec. 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Lao National Assembly (NA) President Xaysomphone Phomvihane (R) congratulates Sonexay Siphandone as the new prime minister at the NA meeting in Vientiane, Laos, Dec. 30, 2022. The Lao cabinet is reshuffled at the concluding meeting of the Fourth Ordinary Session of the National Assembly (Ninth Legislature) of Laos held in Lao capital Vientiane on Friday, according to local TV reports. The NA meeting has approved the nomination from Lao President Thongloun Sisoulith, naming Sonexay Siphandone as the new prime minister, with an overwhelming majority winning 149 out of the 151 votes. (Photo by Kethsana Saliankham/Xinhua)

Lao PM vows to stabilize economy, finance, currency to avert crisis

STORY: Lao PM vows to stabilize economy, finance, currency to avert crisis DATELINE: June 15, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:55 LOCATION: Vientiane CATEGORY: POLITICS/ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the meeting STORYLINE: The Lao government will strive to stabilize the economy, financial situation and currency in order to prevent a crisis, Lao Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh told the National Assembly (NA) at the start of its 3rd ordinary session which kicked off in the capital Vientiane on Monday. At the session, the NA President Xaysomphone Phomvihane delivered the opening remarks, giving the floor to the government to present a report on the progress made in implementing the socio-economic development, budget and currency plans over the first half of this year. Prime Minister Phankham said an 11-point work plan has been devised to support the achievement of the development targets set for 2022. "The government will speed up efforts to resolve the fragility of the macro-economy and normalize the situation," loc