Lao Provincial councils address contentious local issues
People’s councils in several provinces met this week to debate hot local topics following the recent conclusion of the National Assembly’s seventh ordinary session.
The People’s Council in Savannakhet province began its ordinary mid-year session on Monday and continued yesterday.
During the four-day session, council members debated measures on the management of charcoal production and authorisation of white charcoal businesses within the province which was introduced by the provincial Department of Industry and Commerce, and the management of pension payments and allowances for disabled people introduced by the provincial Department of Labour and Social Welfare.
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