The signing of the MOU on October 24 in Vientiane is a part ofa host of activities to respond to the Vietnam-Laos Friendship andSolidarity Year 2012.
Under the document, the twodepartments will jointly establish and exchange archives indexesrelating to history of Vietnam and Laos.
The two sideswill continue sharing experience in archives and records management viaexchanges of documents and experts at jointly-held conferences andsymposiums.
In addition, Vietnam’s Ministry ofEducation and Training will provide long and short-term training coursesto the staff of the Lao archives agency.
The ministry willoffer assistance under the form of non-refundable aid of the Vietnamesegovernment to help Laos carry out a project on a national archiveinsurance center located at the northern Luang Prabang province.
In the past years, the two agencies, as members of the InternationalCouncil on Archives and its branch in Southeast Asia, have been closelycoordinating at the regional and international forums.-VNA