Party, State leader’s gifts presented to Laos-Vietnam school

Party, State leader’s gifts presented to Laos-Vietnam school in Vientiane

A delegation from the Vietnamese Embassy in Laos led Minister-Counsellor Nguyen Thanh Tung on March 29 presented 20 computer sets to Nguyen Du Lao-Vietnamese bilingual school as gifts from Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong.

Friday, March 29, 2019 21:45

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Minister-Counsellor Nguyen Thanh Tung (second, right) hands over Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong's gifts to representatives of Nguyen Du Lao-Vietnamese bilingual school (Photo: VNA)

Vientiane (VNA) – A delegation from the Vietnamese Embassy in Laos led Minister-Counsellor Nguyen Thanh Tung on March 29 presented 20 computer sets to Nguyen Du Lao-Vietnamese bilingualschool as gifts from Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong.

The Vietnamese Party and State leader offered the gifts tothe school during his Laos visit in late February.

Addressing the ceremony to hand over the presents to theschool, Minister-Counsellor Tung said that the Nguyen Du Lao-Vietnamesebilingual school is one of the symbols of the Vietnam-Laos special ties.

He said that the gifts show the Vietnamese leader’s specialattention to students and teachers of the school, as well as his hope toimprove the teaching and studying conditions for them through better technologyaccess.

Principal of the school Pham Xuan Phan thanked theVietnamese leader for paying great attention to the school. He pledged that he,teachers and staff of the school will work harder to complete their tasks,turning the school into a model in education quality, and contributing toreinforcing and developing the special solidarity between Vietnam and Laos.

Phan promised that the computers will be used effectivelyfor teaching and studying activities.

The NguyenDu Lao-Vietnamese bilingual school, runby the Association of Vietnamese in Vientiane, has different school levels fromkindergarten to high school and teaches in both Vietnamese and Lao languagesunder an agreement between the governments of the two countries.-VNA

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