Vientiane, Jan. 5 -- The 12th National Congress of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP), scheduled for January 6-8, will define Laos's development goals for the next five years and its long-term vision towards the Party's 100th anniversary, according to Khamphan Pheuinhavong, Chairman of the LPRP Central Committee's Commission for Propaganda and Training. Khamphan said the roadmap will be carried out through the Party's third Political Platform, which outlines development orientations to 2055 - the LPRP's centenary, when Laos aims to become an upper-middle-income country and gradually approach the high-income status. The platform identifies 11 major policies, including those on developing a socialist-oriented market economy; promot...