General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong speaks at the National University of Laos

This morning (November 25), as part of his visit, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong visited and talked with staff, lecturers and students of the National University of Laos.

General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong is on an official friendship visit to the Lao PDR (November 24-26)

Hundreds of staff and students of the school stood along both sides of the road from the school gate, holding the national flags of the two countries and fresh bouquets of flowers to welcome General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and members of the high-ranking Vietnamese delegation to visit the school.

In the hall, the stage was solemnly decorated. On the large blue backdrop, the national flags of Laos and Vietnam and the words: "Warmly welcome to Comrade General Secretary of the Central Executive Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong to visit and talk with the staff, lecturers and students of the National University of Laos".

The Organizing Committee said that there were about 1,800 students and officials, including Vietnamese students, present at the Hall to listen to General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong speak.

The auditorium of the National University of Laos - where General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong spoke with more than 1,000 officials, lecturers and students

The National University of Laos was established on November 5, 1996, merging 10 training institutions under the ministries. After 20 years of construction and development, the National University of Laos now includes 12 faculties, 2 institutes, 4 centers, 11 administrative offices, 1 library, 1 medical facility, and 1 university preparatory school.

In the 2015-2016 school year, the National University of Laos has 1,981 staff and lecturers. The total number of students studying at the school is 21,535, including 711 foreign students (about 300 Vietnamese students).

The National University of Laos has trained 89,956 students. Over the past 20 years, implementing the foreign policy of the Party and State, the National University of Laos has had direct professional cooperation with foreign research institutes and international organizations to exchange information and experience for professional work; has signed memorandums of understanding with more than 100 universities of 31 countries and 14 international organizations.

According to VOV