Published: 11:28, March 23, 2026
Lao National Assembly elects Thongloun Sisoulith as president
By Xinhua
In this photo released by Agence Kampuchea Press (AKP), Laotian Communist Party General Secretary Thongloun Sisoulith, attends a meeting with Vietnam's Communist Party General Secretary To Lam and Cambodian People's Party's President Hun Sen at Cambodian People's Party headquarter in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Feb 6, 2026. (PHOTO / AKP VIA AP)

VIENTIANE -- The first session of the 10th Lao National Assembly elected Thongloun Sisoulith, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party, as president of Laos on Monday.