Laos assists Vietnamese students in Vientiane amid COVID-19

At the event (Photo: VNA)

Vientiane (VNA) - Souliya Kiewphilavong, Chief of Office of the Lao People's Revolutionary Youth Union Central Committee visited the Vietnamese student dormitory of the National University of Laos in Vientiane on August 2 to encourage and present the students with gifts worth 12 million kip (1,254 USD).

The gifts include daily necessaries, medical masks, and hand sanitizers in aid of the students.

Highlighting complicated COVID-19 developments in Laos and regional countries, the official recommended the students for seriously following the Lao Ministry of Health’s pandemic prevention and control regulation.

Recalling the two nations’ great traditional relations and the role of youth in fostering the ties, the official urged Vietnamese students to study well in contribution to developing their home country and strengthening the bilateral special relations.

On behalf of the Vietnamese students, Bui Huu Hoc, Vice Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU)’s committee in Laos, thanked the Lao youth union for support and committed to seriously obeying the local pandemic prevention regulations.

The National University of Laos now has 184 Vietnamese students, the most among Lao universities./.

VNA