Vietnam commits to enhancing education ties with Laos and also offers scholarships to over 1,000 Lao students

Lao PM Sonexay Siphandone (left) shake hands with his Vietnamese counterpart, Pham Minh Chinh. - Laotian Times

VIENTIANE/HANOI (Laotian Times): Vietnam is set to award 1200 scholarships to Lao students in 2024, Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh announced during the 6th session of the Laos-Vietnam Intergovernmental Committee.

During the meeting in Hanoi, co-chaired by the Lao and Vietnamese prime ministers, the discussion focused on improving the quality of education and human resource development. As part of the collaboration, Vietnamese teachers will also be dispatched to Laos to facilitate the teaching of the Vietnamese language.