Lao PM: Downsize state organisations, cut civil servant numbers
Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith yesterday told the Ministry of Home Affairs to speed up work to downsize state organisations after learning that many state departments are too large and employ too many civil servants.
Laos currently employs 184,871 civil servants, representing 2.8 percent of the entire population. This figure excludes soldiers, police officers, contracted officials, and employees at state-owned enterprises.
Souksakhone Vaenkeo
