The information was announced in Thai Nguyen on December 20 ata ceremony to review the programme for the school year and work out a plan forthe next. Currently the province is hosting nearly 2,000 Lao students.
Since the 2016-2017 school year, the Vietnam – Laos FriendshipAssociation of the province has joined hands with major university in ThaiNguyen to pilot the homestay programme which have received positive feedbackfrom the students and the hosts.
During holidays, Lao students in Thai Nguyen can join localfamilies in their production and daily life activities, which helps themimprove their command of Vietnamese and understanding of the Vietnamese cultureas well as customs and practices./.