Vietnam will help Laos continue with
the second-phase of construction of its national sports training centre
in 2010 and 2011.
This is part of a cooperation
programme signed between the visiting Minister of Culture, Sports and
Tourism Hoang Tuan Anh and the Chairman of the Laos National Sports
Committee, Phouthong Seng Akhom, in Vientiane on March 12.
Under the terms of the agreement, the two countries will send athletes
to compete in each other’s tournaments and encourage national and
provincial sports associations to increase exchanges and cooperation in
this field.
Vietnam will train two postgraduate and one doctoral-level manager for
the Lao sports sector and enhance the sharing of information related to
physical training and sports.
During his three-day visit wrapping up on March 14, Minister Anh is
scheduled to visit the construction site of the national college of
music, work with the General Department of Tourism of Laos and call in
at a number of cultural relic sites in Vientiane./,