Delegates cut ribbon to inaugurate four Vietnamese-funded works (Source: nhandan.com.vn) Vientiane (VNA) – Vietnamese-funded projects have contributed toLaos’ socio-economic development and human resources improvement in particular,Lao Deputy Minister of Education and Sports Boualien Silipanya has affirmed.
The Deputy Minister made the confirmationat a ceremony in Vientiane on December 18 to hand over four works using theVietnamese Government’s non-refundable aid to the Lao side.
He expressed his gratitude for thesupport from the Vietnamese Party, Government and Ministry of Education andTraining (MoET), stressing that Laos considers the four projects valuable giftsfor the country’s educational development.
Speaking at the event, Director ofthe Project Management Board under the MoET Tran Thanh Khiet said that the fourprojects were part of an agreement on cooperation between the two Governmentsfor 2016-2020, and another collaboration deal between the two ministries.
They include a project worth morethan 40 billion VND (1.7 million USD) to repair lodging for foreign students atthe Laos National University, the second phase of the Laos-Vietnam FriendshipHigh School project worth 20.5 billion VND, a Vietnamese-language Facultyproject at Suphanuvong University and another Vietnamese-language Faculty atChampasak University with combined capital of 50.8 billion VND.-VNA
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