Vietnam has presented Laos with a 1.1 million USD school on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations and 35 years of the friendship and cooperation treaty between the two countries.
The handover of the school to local authorities in Sepon district of the Lao southern province of Savannakhet was made on December 11, in the presence of high-ranking Party and State officials of both countries and local residents.
Funded by the Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV), one of the leading commercial banks in Vietnam, the facility houses 12 classrooms to serve more than 500 students.
The school is an illustration of the close fighting alliance, special traditional friendship and solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between the two countries’ Parties, States and peoples in the new era, said Chueang Sombounkhan, Head of the Commission for Propaganda and Training of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party Central Committee.
Speaking at the event, Politburo member Dinh The Huynh, who is Secretary of the Party Central Committee cum Head of the Commission for Popularisation and Education of the Communist Party of Vietnam, called on Vietnam businesses operating in Laos to continue making contribution to socio-economic development in the host country.
On the occasion, Huynh presented the school with 15 sets of computers, while BIDV offered 3,000 USD and other learning gadgets to the school’s study-encouragement fund.-VNA
The handover of the school to local authorities in Sepon district of the Lao southern province of Savannakhet was made on December 11, in the presence of high-ranking Party and State officials of both countries and local residents.
Funded by the Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV), one of the leading commercial banks in Vietnam, the facility houses 12 classrooms to serve more than 500 students.
The school is an illustration of the close fighting alliance, special traditional friendship and solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between the two countries’ Parties, States and peoples in the new era, said Chueang Sombounkhan, Head of the Commission for Propaganda and Training of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party Central Committee.
Speaking at the event, Politburo member Dinh The Huynh, who is Secretary of the Party Central Committee cum Head of the Commission for Popularisation and Education of the Communist Party of Vietnam, called on Vietnam businesses operating in Laos to continue making contribution to socio-economic development in the host country.
On the occasion, Huynh presented the school with 15 sets of computers, while BIDV offered 3,000 USD and other learning gadgets to the school’s study-encouragement fund.-VNA
