The Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics and Public Administration (HNAPPA) opened a training course on advanced political theory for Lao officials in Hanoi on December 7.

During the year-long course, trainees will study methods of social science research, the fundamental aspects of Vietnamese culture, the history and geography of Vietnam and the world, the history of socialist thought and the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV).

They will be provided with a grounding in Marxism-Leninism and the ideas of Ho Chi Minh, as well as the CPV’s leadership experiences during its renewal process. They will also undertake fact-finding tours in several localities.

The course is expected to improve the political quality, revolutionary morality and working capacity of Lao officials to help them adapt to their tasks in the new situation.

Speaking at the opening ceremony, HNAPPA Deputy Director Truong Thi Thong said that the CPV and the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) consider personnel training a valuable and decisive factor in the success of their revolutionary cause and the fate of their Parties, countries and regimes.

Over the past years, the academy has held a number of courses for Lao officials in the framework of the two countries’ cooperation agreement, she said./.