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Vientiane boosts educational ties

The education departments of HCM City and the Lao capital of Vientiane will work to strengthen co-operation between high schools in both cities towards improving teaching quality and developing skilled human resources.
The education departments of HCM City and the Lao capital ofVientiane will work to strengthen co-operation between high schools inboth cities towards improving teaching quality and developing skilledhuman resources.

Under a memorandum of understandingsigned by representatives of two cities in Vientiane on April 11, theVientiane-HCM City Friendship High School will be upgraded andthe Vietnamese language taught in the near future.

TheMoU was signed during a meeting between a high-ranking mission fromHCM City led by Le Thanh Hai, Secretary of the HCM City PartyCommittee, and a delegation led by Sombath Yialyher, Secretary of theVientiane Party Committee as well as the capital city's mayor.

They agreed to boost comprehensive cooperation between the two cities, especially in education and commerce.

The Lao officials pledged to create favourable conditions forVietnamese businesses to further invest in projects in Vientiane andother localities in their country.

The meeting was held during the HCM City delegation's five-day visit to Laos that will end on April 14.

On April 11, the Vietnamese delegation was received by ChoummalySatyason, General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party andPresident of Laos.

The delegation also met with Lao PrimeMinister Thongsing Thammavong who called on both sides to better tap thegreat potential that exists for co-operation between the two cities andthe two countries./.
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