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Concrete information and data is an essential requirement for assessing progress and achievements in the
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implementation of the Sam Sang (Three Builds) directive, with the halfway point of its pilot term now reached.
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This was among the remarks resulting from a national home affairs meeting that ended yesterday.
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Participants included deputy ministers, provincial vice governors and district governors who shared their
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experiences of the implementation of Sam Sang pilot projects in their organisations, provinces and districts.
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Success stories from groups and individuals as models in development in fields such as farming, handicrafts,
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E-papers services and other forms of commercial production enhanced via the Sam Sang process were shared.
Advertisement In his closing remarks as the chair, Minister of Home Affairs Mr Khammanh Sounvileuth commended
Contact participants who explained their situations and the progress of Sam Sang in their localities. However, he noted
Editor that the presentations were lacking in concrete information and figures as evidence of their success following
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the criteria and standards as defined by the Party.
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“None of the representatives from provinces and districts has told us about any of the criteria, standards or
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targets their provinces and districts had reached,” the minister said.
Mr Khammanh called for officials to delve more deeply into the Politburo’s Resolution No. 25 concerning the
direction, objectives and measures involved in building provinces as strategic units, districts as
comprehensively strengthened units, and villages as development units. He also called for stricter
implementation of Prime Ministerial Order No. 34 dated August 23, 2016, for assessing progress with specific
statistical indicators.
Laos has 18 provinces, including the capital, comprising 148 districts and 8,500 villages.
The Party and government plan to target 5 to 10 provinces as models for implementation as strategic units.
These nominated provinces must achieve 2 to 5 strengthened districts by 2020. Each district must have
established or consolidated various villages into 1 or 2 townships by that time, while two-thirds of all villages in
the country must achieve development status.
Under the Sam Sang directive, the Politburo defined provinces as strategic units with seven criteria to raise
standards in achieving the strategy for Party and personnel development. These are set to impact on
governance and public administration, in keeping with a strategy to drive national economic growth as
provinces become strategic financial units of the country.
Provinces must also be strategic units in the management and exploration of sources for natural resources,
state property, socio-economic infrastructure, material-technical fundamentals, and environmental protection
while adhering to the relevant laws.
Provinces, according to the directive, must be strategic units in socio-cultural management and human
resource development, and strategic units of strengthened national defence and security.
Strengthened units in Party and personnel development, governance and management, economy, finance,
natural resources and environment, social and cultural management, and strengthened units in national
defence and public security have been defined by the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party as criteria for raising
the standards of districts.
The government is targeting villages to be strengthened in politics and administration of the People’s
Democratic Regime, with a concurrent focus on the promotion of commercial production services alongside
social and cultural development.

By Somxay Sengdara
(Latest Update January 12, 2018)

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