Vientiane (Vientiane Times/ANN)
- A meeting of Lao government members, the Mayor of Vientiane and provincial
governors ended in Vientiane yesterday after discussing dry-season food
production and villagers' living conditions in the wake of recent flooding.
Prime Minister Thongsing
Thammavong chairs the meeting of government members, the Mayor of Vientiane and
provincial governors.
Speaking at the close of the
meeting, Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong said he appreciated the efforts by
various government sectors to restore the situation to normal in many parts of
the country following the impact of recent flooding, enabling local people to
resume their livelihoods.
Despite these achievements, the
PM urged all relevant sectors in Vientiane and the provinces to focus on
boosting agricultural production to ensure food security over the coming year.
He also said that government
sectors should focus more on maintaining public security starting from now as
part of preparations for the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Summit to be held in
Vientiane next November.
The government agreed to try to
source more funding to develop infrastructure, including roads in Vientiane
that need to be improved ahead of the Summit.
The government is aware that
the Summit will be the largest international event ever to be held in Laos,
with some 50 heads of state and government from Europe and Asia expected to
attend.
The government is preparing
various facilities, including upgrading Wattay International Airport to
accommodate larger aircraft and building the Lao International Convention
Centre and other venues.
Thongsing urged government
sectors to keep Vientiane clean and green for the Summit by encouraging people
to plant trees and keep the streets clean.
He observed that some parts of
the city are currently covered in dust, and urged the relevant sectors to focus
their attention on the problem now, rather than waiting until the summit is
approaching.
The Prime Minister also
requested that authorities in Vientiane and the provinces foster a spirit of
patriotism by encouraging ordinary people to participate in the task of
national development.
Thongsing also touched upon
issues related to the implementation of the four breakthrough approaches
approved at the 9th Party Congress in Vientiane this year. He said all these
approaches aimed to alleviate poverty amongst ordinary people and lift Laos out
of least developed country status by 2020.
The Prime Minister encouraged
all sectors to implement the breakthrough approaches as a matter of urgency,
and address any issues and procedures that delay national development.
Most people who attended the
meeting, which opened on Monday, agreed that officials who work only for their
own benefit should face legal action or be removed from their jobs.
Meeting participants also noted
the strong growth of the Lao economy in the first quarter of 2011-2012, with
economic growth remaining above 8 percent and inflation kept under control.
They concluded that the
livelihoods of the Lao people have seen improvement and public order has been
maintained, which has helped to facilitate commercial productivity at the
village level.
The News Desk in
Vientiane/Vientiane Times | ANN
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