Nearly 1,100 Lao students trained in Thua Thien-Hue

Nearly 1,100 Lao students have been trained at Thua Thien-Hue College of Education over the past 15 years under a bilateral agreement inked between Thua Thien-Hue province and Lao seven localities.
Nearly 1,100 Lao students trained in Thua Thien-Hue ảnh 1Nguyen Dung, Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, speaks at the ceremony to mark the college’s 15 years of training Lao students. (Photo: thuathienhue.gov.vn)

Thua Thien-Hue (VNA) – Nearly 1,100 Lao students have been trainedat the Thua Thien-Hue College of Education over the past 15 years under a bilateralagreement inked between the central province of Thua Thien-Hue and sevenlocalities in Laos.

The information was heard at a ceremony held in Hue city on October 14 to markthe college’s 15 years of training and managing Lao students.

The college has issued and carried out Vietnamese B1 Language course forforeigners while working to improve lecturers’ quality and infrastructure tomeet studying demand of the students.

A student dormitory was set up to serve 500 Lao students while areas for Vietnamesepractice and sport activities were constructed as well. In addition, thecollege has paid due attention to research activities, fact-finding tours andcultural and sport activities to celebrate significant events of the twocountries.

Speaking at the event, Nguyen Dung, Vice Chairman of the provincial People’sCommittee, said that scholarships are granted for Lao students in Salavan,Sekong, Champasak, Khammuon, Savannakhet every year, ten in each locality.

The province will foster cooperation with central and southern localities ofLaos during 2017-2021 through collaboration between universities, colleges andeducation training centres of both sides. It will continue scholarshipprogrammes and launch graduate and post graduate programmes in pharmacy,economics and forestry with Savannakhet and Champasak universities, hestressed.

Onthe occasion, the provincial People’s Committee and Sekong, Champasak andSavannakhet provinces presented their certificates of merit to excellentindividuals and collectives of the college for their achievements in trainingLao students.-VNA
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