Vietnam supports education in Laos
The Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training on April 8 handed over the facilities it built as a gift to the National University of Laos’ Faculty of Vietnamese Studies.
The US$1.9 million facilities consist of 1,538 sq.m of classrooms and a 1,692 sq.m library equipped with teaching and learning tools for some 200 students.
Speaking at the ceremony, Vietnam’s Deputy Minister of Education and Training Pham Manh Hung expressed his hopes that the faculty will help train many excellent students who will further contribute to the Vietnam-Laos special relationship.
Lao Deputy Minister of Education and Sports Kongsi Sengmany highly appreciated the support of the Vietnamese Party, State, Government and Ministry of Education and Training for Laos’ education sector over the past decades.
He said the inauguration of the faculty is a vivid evidence of the comprehensive education cooperation between the two countries.