Lao People’s Revolutionary Youth Union pledges to serve the nation

VIENTIANE, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) — The Sixth National Congress of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Youth Union (LPRYU) ended in Laos’ capital of Vientiane on Aug. 24, vowing to continue the revolutionary mission of the ruling Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) and work in the interests of the nation, local media reports said on Thursday.

The two-day congress also elected the sixth LPRYU Central Committee which consisted of 45 members and the Secretariat of nine members. Vilayvong Bouddakham was elected as LPRYU Secretary General, Sonthanou Thammavong and Khampha Phimmasone as deputy secretary generals, and Khampha as LPRYU Inspection Committee Chairman.

Newly elected LPRYU Secretary General Vilayvong Bouddakham was quoted by the state-owned Vientiane Times as saying that “the LPRYU will be a reliable strength for the Party and the nation by supplying young potential and representing the core rights and interests of Lao youths and young people.”

With more than 467,000 members working for the Lao government and private organizations throughout the country, the LPRYU is aiming to promote youths to be patriots endowed with knowledge and ability, progressive vision, creativity, eagerness to learn, leadership abilities and skills in technology, production and business.

The political report of the previous LPRYU Committee highlighted the achievements in implementing the Eighth Party resolution and the Fifth resolution of the union, also indicating some areas of deficiency for the union to improve on, particularly in ideological training.

The congress, which opened on Aug. 23, resolved to strengthen political ideological education and training, and ensure it reaches more than 60 percent of young people nationwide every year over the next five years. It also aimed to improve capacity building for LPRYU organizations at all levels, expand union membership to cover 30 percent of all young people throughout the nation, and 85 percent for junior members.

The union also plans to build model units under the LPRP’s ” four breakthrough approaches” to raise the spirit of competition among union members to do their best for the nation, while increasing unit membership to 50 percent of total members.

To implement its plans, the LPRYU has formulated six priority projects, which are the establishment of model youth professional groups, vocational training for rural youths, talent and creativity promotion, general knowledge and political training for non-schooling youths, youth federation establishment, and youth development funds.

Speaking on the first day of the congress, Choummaly Sayasone, the Secretary General of LPRP and Lao President, call on the LPRYU to pay more attentions to resolve behavior relating to wasteful goodwill, behavior contradicting national culture and tradition, and conducts that damage social order.

Representatives from the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party, government ministries, agencies and mass organisations joined 531 Lao youth delegates at the congress.

The LPRYU, the youth wing of the LPRP, originated in 1955 as the Youth Combatant Association, dedicated to mobilize young people throughout the country with a view to contribute to national development.

Viet Nam’s top legislature elects state leaders…new transitional stage to get US not Russia support

HANOI, July 26 (Xinhua) — The ongoing first session of the 13th National Assembly (NA) of Vietnam, the country’s top legislature, has elected its NA, state and government top leaders for the new tenure after five working days from July 21.

Nguyen Sinh Hung has been elected as Chairman of Vietnam’s 13th NA, with a voting approval of 91.4 percent from the NA deputies, Truong Tan Sang as Vietnamese State President with a voting approval of 97.4 percent, and Nguyen Tan Dung re-elected as Prime Minister, with a voting approval of 94 percent. They are all the only candidates for the posts.

Born in 1946 in central Nghe An province, Hung holds a doctoral degree of economics. He was elected member of the Communist Party of Vietnam’s Central Committee (CPVCC) and became Finance Minister in 1996. In 2001, he was re-elected as CPVCC member. At the 10th National Party Congress in 2006, Hung was elected to the Politburo. In June 2006 he became permanent deputy prime minister under the 12th NA.

Born in 1949 in southern Long An province, Sang holds a bachelor degree of law. In 1991, he was elected member of the Party’s Central Committee on 7th Congress. In the consecutive 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th congresses, he was member of the Politburo. He was elected as permanent member of the Secretariat of the CPV Central Committee on the 10th Party Congress in 2006 and was re- elected in January 2011 on the 11th Congress.

Born in 1949 in southern Ca Mau province, Dung holds a bachelor degree of law and another on high-level political theory from the Ho Chi Minh National Political Academy. He was elected a member of the Party’s Politburo at the 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th national party congresses. He was elected as prime minister by the 11th NA on June 2006 and was re-elected by the 12th NA on July 2007.

Four NA Vice Chairpersons were also elected, including Tong Thi Phong, Uong Chu Luu, Huynh Ngoc Son, and Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan. Of whom, the first three ones were re-elected.

NA deputies also voted for the 13th NA Standing Committee, which has a total of 17 members, less than the 18 members in the previous 12th NA.

Besides, Nguyen Thi Doan was re-elected as Vice State President for the new tenure, Truong Hoa Binh was re-elected as Head of the Supreme People’s Court, and Nguyen Hoa Binh was elected as Head of the Supreme People’s Procuratorate.

Delivering his acceptance speech, Hung said the 13th NA Standing Committee will use its previous terms’ experiences and join all NA deputies in renovation, making the best use of knowledge and raising its responsibility to fully perform mission and authority stipulated in the Constitution and the law. He also said he would make efforts to make the NA to be “the highest representative agency of the people and the highest state authority of Vietnam.”

Vietnamese government sets priority on curbing inflation and stabilizing macro-economy this year. Vietnam’s inflation in July is expected to hit 22.16 percent, highest among Asian countries. The country’s GDP in the first half reached 5.57 percent, lower than the target of 7 to 7.5 percent.

The country needs to do more effort to gain the GDP growth at six percent this year, said Hung at the opening ceremony of the session.

The 1st session of the 13th NA is scheduled to last from July 21 to August 6.

NA deputies are also to center discussions on some other important issues, including the country’s socio-economy in 2011, the program of law making in 2012, approval of the state budget expenditure, and establishment of the committee on the draft amendment and supplement of the 1992 Constitution.

Thongsing Thammavong appointed as Prime Minister of Laos

VIENTIANE, June 15 (Xinhua) — Politburo member of the Central Committee of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party Thongsing Thammavong was appointed as Prime Minister of Laos on Wednesday morning, the first day of the First Session of the seventh Lao National Assembly (NA).

Thongsing was first appointed as Lao Prime Minister after a cabinet reshuffle in December 2010.

This session of the 132-member assembly, which was convened Wednesday in the Lao capital of Vientiane and will conclude on June 24, is to vote on the country’s state leadership for the next five-year tenure and discuss issues relating to the assembly’s apparatus.

The ten-day session will also define orientations for the NA’s general affairs, discuss the government’s seventh five-year socio-economic development plan for 2011-2015, and adopt the amended statute on tax.

Pany Yathotu re-elected as President of Laos’ National Assembly

VIENTIANE, June 15 (Xinhua) — Politburo member of the Central Committee of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party Pany Yathotu was elected to retain her position as president of the National Assembly (NA) of Laos on Wednesday morning, the first day of the First Session of the seventh Lao NA.

Pany was first elected as president of the NA of Laos after a cabinet reshuffle in December 2010.

This session of the 132-member assembly, which was convened Wednesday in the Lao capital of Vientiane and will conclude on June 24, is to vote on the country’s state leadership for the next five-year tenure and discuss issues relating to the assembly’s apparatus.

The ten-day session will also define orientations for the NA’s general affairs, discuss the government’s seventh five-year socio-economic development plan for 2011-2015, and adopt the amended statute on tax.