At the event (Photo: VNA) Vientiane (VNA) – The Nguyen Du Lao-Vietnamesebilingual school celebrated its 15th founding anniversary inVientiane on March 11.
The school, formerly known as Nguyen Du I andNguyen Du II primary schools, is a place for children of Vietnamese expatriatesin Vientiane to study the Lao national curriculum along with the Vietnameselanguage.
In 2005, the Vietnamese Party, State andGovernment offered over 500,000 USD in funding to build the school, with twothree-story buildings and 39 classrooms on a site of over 10,000 sq.m provided bythe Lao Government. After three years of construction, the school was inauguratedand put into operation.
Currently, it has 30 classes with over 1,000students from preschool to high school level, and 66 officials and teachers. TheVietnamese students account for about 45% and the rest are Lao students.
Speaking at the event, Vietnamese Ambassador toLaos Nguyen Ba Hung said in recent years, the school has become a prestigiousone in Vientiane, meeting the national standardsof both Laos and Vietnam.
During the 2021-2022 academic year, theschool was chosen by the two countries’ education ministries as a pilotbilingual school for teaching Vietnamese and Lao from grade 1 to grade 12. The target is to replicate this educational model across Laos, thereby helping its youngergenerations have a deep understanding of special friendship between the twonations, he said./.
