Govt comments on legal documents, plans

The cabinet this week made comments on four legal documents and discussed plans being devised to streamline the government's administration and related work.

Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh chairs this month's government meeting.

The approval and comments were made at the monthly meeting of the cabinet held from February 2-3 at the Prime Minister's Office.

The meeting was chaired by Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh.

According to a press statement from the Prime Minister's Office, the cabinet members listened to and made comments on initiatives for further improvement to the following four documents.

The cabinet heard and made comments on a draft decree on the management of Lao staff working with international organisations in Laos . The newly drafted decree stipulates management regulations on Lao staff in order to protect the rights of both staff and their organisations.

Consideration and advice were also made regarding a draft decree on disabled people.

The draft decree stipulates principles,regulations and measures to eliminate discrimination against the disabled. It is believed this can be achieved by offering education, training, health care, rehabilitation, and employment as well as protecting their rights and benefits.

The meeting also considered and commented on a draft decree on the implementation of a law on guarantee in practice agreement. The draft decree stipulates clear obligations regarding such guarantees.

The cabinet considered and made further advice regarding a strategic plan on health staff capacity development.

The aforementioned documents will be improved further by the relevant sectors in line with comments made by the cabinet members. The documents will be resubmitted to the government for consideration, the statement said.

Additionally, the meeting heard and approved the outcomes report of the 32nd meeting of the Lao-Viet and Viet-Lao Cooperation Commissions.

The government guided its agencies at all levels to translate the outcomes of the meeting by formulating a cooperation plan with its Vietnamese counterparts.

To encourage more effective cooperation, the government agencies were told to improve coordinated action.

The government approved in principle a strategic plan for the development of the national statistics system from 2010-2020 as well as the national statistics administrative structure.

The development of the statistics collection system is hoped to provide more reliable, accurate and timely statistics to support the formulation of proper socio-economic development planning.

At the meeting, the premier called for government officials at all levels to translate guidance given by the General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and President, Mr Choummaly Sayasone, and implement the stimulus package to encourage this year's economic stability and growth.

By Times Reporters
(Latest Update February 5 , 2010)