Nguyen Du Lao-Vietnamese bilingual school marks 15th anniversary
Vientiane (VNA) – The Nguyen Du Lao-Vietnamese
bilingual school celebrated its 15th founding anniversary in
Vientiane on March 11.
The school, formerly known as Nguyen Du I and
Nguyen Du II primary schools, is a place for children of Vietnamese expatriates
in Vientiane to study the Lao national curriculum along with the Vietnamese
language.
In 2005, the Vietnamese Party, State and
Government offered over 500,000 USD in funding to build the school, with two
three-story buildings and 39 classrooms on a site of over 10,000 sq.m provided by
the Lao Government. After three years of construction, the school was inaugurated
and put into operation.
Currently, it has 30 classes with over 1,000
students from preschool to high school level, and 66 officials and teachers. The
Vietnamese students account for about 45% and the rest are Lao students.
Speaking at the event, Vietnamese Ambassador to
Laos Nguyen Ba Hung said in recent years, the school has become a prestigious
one in Vientiane, meeting the national standards
of both Laos and Vietnam.
During the 2021-2022 academic year, the
school was chosen by the two countries’ education ministries as a pilot
bilingual 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 younger
generations have a deep understanding of special friendship between the two
nations, he said./.