Khanh Hoa, Vientiane beef up cooperation in tourism, trade, people-to-people exchange
Permanent Vice Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of the People’s Council of the south central province of Khanh Hoa Nguyen Khac Toan held talks with Vice Secretary of the Party Committee of Vientiane Songlao YhongNou in the Lao capital city on April 11.
Vientiane (VNA) – Permanent Vice Secretary of the PartyCommittee and Chairman of the People’s Council of the south cen𝓰tral province ofKhanh Hoa Nguyen Khac Toan held ta♔lks with Vice Secretary of the Party Committee of Vientiane Songlao YhongNou in the Lao capital city on April 11.
Their discussions focused on promotingcollaboration in various sectors, with tourism, trade and people-to-people exchange at the centre. Thetwo sides agreed to maintain the regularexchange of delegations at various levels to foster closer ties, encouragejoint tourism development initiatives between travel companies and touroperators, explore the possibility of establishing a direct air route connectingVientiane and Khanh Hoa, and utilise media platforms and social networks topromote tourist destinations in Nha Trang - Khanh Hoa and Vientiane. Culturalexchange also emerged as a key area of focus. The two localities vowed to join culturalevents held in each side, increase cultural and social exchanges and raise publicawareness about the special Vietnam-Laos solidarity, particularly among youngergenerations.
They will also shareexperience and transfer techniques in agriculture and aquaculture. Accordingly,Khanh Hoa will assist Vientiane in developing its indoor swiftlet farmingindustry while Nha Trang University will offer training courses, workshops and technologytransfer opportunities in aquaculture for Vientiane officials.
In the realm of humanresources training, Khanhಞ Hoa will provide 10 university-level training positions in five years in Khanh Hoa universities, including a one-year Vietnameselanguage programme and four years of specialised studies. Vientiane, in return,will offer two Lao language training positions annually for officials fromKhanh Hoa.
The talks concluded with the signing of aMemorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation between Khanh Hoa andVientiane by Vice Chairman of the Khanh Hoa provincial People's Committee Dinh Van Thieu and Deputy Mayor of Vientiane Sililat ThongsinThongphenh./.
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At the MoU signing ceremony (Photo: VNA) 
