Lao communist party elects Thongloun as new general secretary

Newly-elected General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee and incumbent Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith addresses the 11th LPRP Congress in Vientiane, Laos, Jan. 15, 2021. 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. (LPRP congress media center/Handout via Xinhua)