The following lists events that happened during 2016 in Laos.
Incumbents
- Party General Secretary: Choummaly Sayasone (until 22 January), Bounnhang Vorachith (starting 22 January)
- President: Choummaly Sayasone (until 20 April), Bounnhang Vorachith (starting 20 April)
- Prime Minister: Thongsing Thammavong (until 20 April), Thongloun Sisoulith (starting 20 April)
- Vice President: Bounnhang Vorachith (until 20 April), Phankham Viphavanh (starting 20 April)
- National Assembly President: Pany Yathotou
Events
- 22 January–24 January - January 2016 East Asia Cold Wave[1][2]
- 6 September–8 September - Eleventh East Asia Summit held in Vientiane
- 5 November - Beginning of the 2016 Mekong Club Championship[3]
References
- ^ Wang, S.-Y. S., Y.-H. Lin, M.-Y. Lee, J.-H. Yoon, J. D. D. Meyer, and P. J. Rasch (2017), Accelerated increase in the Arctic tropospheric warming events surpassing stratospheric warming events during winter, Geophys. Res. Lett., 44, doi:10.1002/2017GL073012.
- ^ "Northern Lao provinces hit by extreme cold snap". Vientiane Times. Vientiane. 26 January 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
- ^ "Press Release for press conference (12 Sep. 2014)". Toyota to Host TOYOTA Mekong Club Championship 2016. 13 June 2016. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
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