The Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training on April 8 handed over the facilities it built as a gift for the Faculty of Vietnamese Studies of the National University of Laos.

The facilities, built at a total investment of 40 billion VND (1.9 million USD ), consisting of 1,538 sq.m of classrooms, a 1,692 sq.m. library equipped with teaching and learning tools, serving some 200 students.

Speaking at the ceremony, Vietnam’s Deputy Minister of Education and Training Pham Manh Hung said he hopes the faculty will train many excellent students who will contribute to the Vietnam-Laos special relationship.

On behalf of the Lao Ministry of Education and Sports, Deputy Minister Kongsi Sengmany highly appreciated the support of the Vietnamese Party, State, Government and Ministry of Education and Training for Laos ’ education sector in the last decades.

He said the inauguration of the faculty is a vivid evidence of the comprehensive education cooperation between the two countries.-VNA