Ambassador visits Vietnamese community in Champassak
Vietnamese Ambassador to Laos Nguyen Manh Hung visited the Vietnamese community living in the southern Lao province of Champassak on February 9.
The Chairman of the Vietnamese Association in Champassak, Cao Dinh Hanh said the association’s members have amounted to around 3,000. Most Vietnamese people in the locality are small traders and workers, who have stable jobs and incomes.
Hanh said that the community has built a primary school for 850 pupils. Many Vietnamese children have been sent overseas for higher education.
Ambassador Hung extended New Year greetings to the community and praised their activities during the past year, which he said contributed the friendship between Vietnam and Laos .
He informed the overseas Vietnamese that bilateral trade between the two countries in 2013 surpassed US$1 billion for the first time.
In addition, Vietnam and Laos have completed the upgrading and building more markers along their borderline.