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 WaveWang, 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. 6 September–8 September - Eleventh East Asia Summit held in Vientiane 5 November - Beginning of the 2016 Mekong Club Championship
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