Laos to cut civil servant employment to ease budgetary intension

Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith speaks at the the National Assembly ordinary session in Vientiane, capital of Laos, on Nov. 20, 2018. The Lao government will cut the annual quota of new civil servants from 3,000 people this year to 1,500 people next year to ease its budgetary burden, Thongloun Sisoulith told the parliament on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Keth Salianekham)