Vi skal være klar over, at vi her i begyndelsen af det 21. århundrede har til opgave at sørge for, at Laos ikke bliver til et museum for den realt eksisterende socialisme, men til et blomstrende demokratisk land.
It must be clear to us that, at the beginning of the twenty-first century, our task is to ensure that Laos becomes a flourishing democratic country rather than ending up as a museum of real-life socialism.