Ngo Dong Hai, member of the Party Central Committee and Deputy Head of the committee's Commission for Publicity, met with Melissa Fleming, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications, on October 27 during his working visit to the US.

Against the backdrop of the country's need for rapid and sustainable development and profound changes in the information environment, ideological and public education work must continue to renew its thinking and methods, maintain its pioneering role, foster unity within the Party, build social consensus, and harness the strength of the great national solidarity.

Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Lam Thi Phuong Thanh met with Lao Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education and Sports Thongsalit Mangnomek and Chairman of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee’s Commission for Propaganda and Training Khamphan Pheuiyavong, as part of her visit to Laos from May 12-13.