Nghe An will accept Lao students to study high school.

Overview of the regular meeting in August 2022 of the Standing Committee of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee. Photo: Thanh Duy

At the meeting, the Party Committee of the Provincial People's Committee proposed that the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee approve the policy of Nghe An province to supplement scholarships and direct the organization of teaching of the High School Education Program for Lao students studying in Nghe An, expected to start from the 2023-2024 school year, about 120 students per school year.

The subjects are junior high school graduates selected from Lao provinces sharing a border with Nghe An province to study Vietnamese at Nghe An Pedagogical College for one academic year.

Then, select students with English proficiency to study the advanced high school education program following the international integration trend at Nghe An Pedagogical Practice School (expected to be one class per school year) and the remaining students will study the high school education program in Nghe An.

The Provincial Party Standing Committee has highly agreed with this proposal, according to which in addition to receiving students from the three Lao provinces that share the border, namely Hua Phan, Xieng Khouang, and Bo Ly Kham Xay, it is necessary to study and add students from provinces with cooperative relationships such as Vientiane, Khammouane, Savannakhet, and Xay Som Boon.

On the afternoon of September 8, at a courtesy visit to leaders of Nghe An province, Minister and Head of the Office of the Prime Minister of the Lao PDR A-lun-xa-xun-na-lat also thanked Nghe An for its valuable support and assistance in many fields, including education.

He also requested Nghe An to continue to provide scholarships for Lao students to study at universities and colleges in the area; and to continue to care for Lao students studying in Nghe An. Thereby, contributing to training human resources for Laos to develop the country's economy and society.

Lao students studying in Nghe An attended the Ceremony to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations (September 5, 1962 - September 5, 2022), the 45th Anniversary of the Signing of the Vietnam - Laos Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (July 18, 1977 - July 18, 2022) held on August 17 in Vinh City. Photo: Thanh Duy

Nghe An is the province with the longest border with Laos in the country, more than 468km. The friendly and cooperative relationship between Nghe An and Lao localities has always been maintained and developed.

Up to now, in addition to traditional cooperation with three provinces sharing the border, namely Hua Phan, Xieng Khouang, Bo Ly Kham Xay, Nghe An has expanded its cooperative relations with the provinces of Vientiane, Khammouane, Savannakhet, Xay Som Bun in many fields such as: trade, education - training, health, defense - security.

Since 2017, Nghe An province has been receiving and training a total of about 1,200 Lao officials and students to study at universities and colleges in the province. In the first 8 months of 2022 alone, 210 Lao officials and students received full scholarships from Nghe An province and received training.