HAGL Group supports US$30 million in Laos social welfare
(VOV) -Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) group has granted US$30 million to help Laos’ Attapeu province ensure social welfare, and improve the quality of life for those living in one of the poorest localities in the country.
The first phase of the US$15 million social welfare programme helped build a 200-bed hospital, resettlement areas, and road, bridge and power supply systems in Xaysetha and Phouvong districts.
The remaining US$15 million for the second phase is being used to build an administrative centre, schools, clinics, power supplies, roads and houses for displaced residents in Phu Vong district.
In addition, Hoang Anh Attapeu Company, owned by HAGL Group,distributed gifts totaling US$29,000 to local people living in 23 villages of Attapeu’s five districts.
The group also donated more than US$100,000 for a programme to help Vietnamese engineers, doctors and volunteers provide free medical checkups and farming expertise to local people, as well as funding tuition fees for Laos students in Vietnam.