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- ↑ "Lao People's Democratic Republic: Biographic Information on Officials" (PDF). Defense Technical Information Center. 17 May 1989. JPRS-SEA-89-020. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 7, 2020.
- ↑ Yamada 2002, p. 124.
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- Yamada, Norihiko (2002). "第6章 ラオス人民革命党第7回大会―残された課題" [Chapter 6: The 7th National Congress of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party 7th and Challenges Ahead]. Vietnam and Laos After the 2001 National Congresses: Challenges Ahead . Institute of Developing Economies of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (46). hdl:2344/00009403.
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