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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/785/lao_audio.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Lao Communists Name New Leaders' data-article-id='1185'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='4604'>The Lao Communist Party has announced a change in leadership.</span> <span data-start-time='4604' data-end-time='11417'>During a weeklong party meeting, Bounnhang Vorachit was named secretary-general. </span> <span data-start-time='11417' data-end-time='14771'>Bounnhang is 78-years-old. </span> <span data-start-time='14771' data-end-time='22854'>He has long-standing ties with Vietnam, dating back to military training and as a student.</span> <span data-start-time='22854' data-end-time='31271'>The Lao Communist Party also named Foreign Affairs Minister Thongloun Sisoulith to the position of prime minister.</span> <span data-start-time='31271' data-end-time='41042'>Observers say the retirement of two pro-China members of the party&rsquo;s leadership may weaken Chinese influence on the country. </span> <span data-start-time='41042' data-end-time='45667'>China has been the largest foreign investor in Laos. </span> <span data-start-time='45667' data-end-time='51313'>Vietnam and Thailand are second and third on the list.</span> <span data-start-time='51313' data-end-time='59417'>State media said almost 700 delegates attended the communist party meeting in Vientiane. </span> <span data-start-time='59417' data-end-time='66354'>This was the tenth time the party has met since it took power in 1975. </span> <span data-start-time='66354' data-end-time='70750'>The group has more than 200,000 members.</span> <span data-start-time='70750' data-end-time='78729'>Thitinan Pongsudhirak is a political scientist at Chulalongkorn University in Thailand. </span> <span data-start-time='78729' data-end-time='84604'>He says the new party leaders will not make major policy changes. </span> <span data-start-time='84604' data-end-time='90854'>And he says the government will continue to fail to protect the rights of its citizens.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/785/lao_image.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=5131 data-hint-location='14771' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/785/what_does_ties_mean.m4a'>What does ties mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='connection'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/785/limits_or_restrictions.m4a'><span>limits or restrictions</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/785/connection.m4a'><span>connection</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/785/to_exist_or_continue.m4a'><span>to exist or continue</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/785/an_occurrence.m4a'><span>an occurrence</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=5132 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/785/what_did_the_lao_communist_party_announce.m4a'>What did the Lao Communist Party announce?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='leadership change'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/785/military_treaty.m4a'><span>military treaty</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/785/new_trade_deal.m4a'><span>new trade deal</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/785/leadership_change.m4a'><span>leadership change</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/785/law_change.m4a'><span>law change</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=5133 data-hint-location='41042' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/785/_blank__has_been_the_largest_foreign_investor_in_laos.m4a'><span class='blank'>China</span> has been the largest foreign investor in Laos.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='China'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/785/china.m4a'><span>China</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/785/thailand.m4a'><span>Thailand</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/785/vietnam.m4a'><span>Vietnam</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/785/indonesia.m4a'><span>Indonesia</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>

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