Vietnam People’s Army-funded boarding school inaugurated in Laos
Friday, 12/05/2023 10:34 (GMT+7)
The Lao People's Army inaugurated a boarding culture and ethnicity school, which is funded by Vietnam in Vientiane on May 11.
 |
| At the inauguration ceremony (Photo: VOV) |
The school was constructed in an area of 4.8ha in Na Khoai village, Xaysettha district of Vientiane, Laos with a total budget of over 11 million USD.
Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army and Deputy Minister of National Defence Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Tan Cuong said that the project is one of the gifts from the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defence to its Lao counterpart with the desire to help the Lao army improve the quality of education and training of human resources to meet the national construction and defence requirements in the country in the new situation.
He emphasized that the school will help Laos train and foster children of ethnic groups across the country, making important contributions to building a prosperous Laos.
For his part, Deputy Minister of National Defence and Chief of the General Staff of the Lao People's Army Senior Lieutenant General Khamliang Outhakaysone thanked the Party, Government and Ministry of National Defence of Vietnam for supporting Laos in personnel training, especially training next generations of the Lao People's Army.
He affirmed that the project is one of the symbols showing the great friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between Vietnam and Laos in general and the two armies in particular./.
BTA