In his opening speech, General Secretary of the LPRP Central Committee and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith stressed that the congress will review and assess the implementation of the Resolution of the 11th edition, while setting out orientations, policies and plans for Party and national affairs in the coming period. It will also define a long-term vision to deepen the Party’s renewal policy.
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General Secretary of the LPRP Central Committee and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith speaks at the opening ceremony of the 12th National Congress of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) in Vientiane on the morning of January 6. |
Expressing pride and delight at the significant achievements Laos has recorded over the five decades of national construction, protection and development, as well as during the five years of implementing the Resolution of the 11th National Party Congress, the leader highlighted the continued effective implementation of comprehensive, people-based national defense and security policies. These efforts have helped maintain political stability and social order, while the economy, despite facing many difficulties, has continued to grow. He also underlined that the Lao people of all ethnic groups remain united and maintain firm confidence in the Party’s leadership.
The Party chief noted that the 12th congress is held at a time when the world is undergoing profound changes in many fields, particularly the rapid development of science and technology, which creates new drivers for development but also poses numerous challenges for Laos.
Against this backdrop and new requirements of the revolutionary cause, the 12th congress will discuss and adopt the Party’s third Political Platform, affirming Laos’ development goals and path through 2055, and improving the people’s democratic regime to advance toward the ultimate objectives of the revolution.
At the congress, delegates are set to also deliberate and approve the draft political report and the draft 10th national five-year socio-economic development plan. They will review the implementation of the Resolution of the 11th congress and the 9th five-year socio-economic development plan, while setting out orientations, policies and visions toward 2055, along with the 10-year development strategy for 2026-2035 and the five-year socio-economic development plan for 2026-2030, aimed at implementing the LPRP’s Political Platform.
In addition, the congress will discuss and approve the draft amended Party Statutes.
Source: VNA