A Vietnamese student in Laos participates in a cultural activity (Photo:Internet)
Vientiane (VNA) – Vietnamese students in Laos will continue strengthening the special ties and ove🌠rall cooperation between the two cꦉountries and people.
This was among the tasks for 2015-2016 of the students’ association in Laos that were announced at a ceremony held in the Lao capital of Vientiane on December 20.
According to a report delivered at the event, 210 Vietnamese students are pursuing different courses at the National University of Laos.
Apart from studying, they have actively been participating in social activities, organised by the local university, the Vietnamese Embassy and the Vietnamese community.
For the 2015-2016 academic year, the students have set that 40 percent of them will achieve excellent and good academic records.
They were determined to work to preserve the special relations with local students, teachers and people as well as foreign peers at the university.
On the occasion, a Vietnamese Embassy representative presented a certificate of merit of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to Hoang Quy Nham whose entry on the Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam entered the final round of the competition on the same theme.-VNA
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A Vietnamese student in Laos participates in a cultural activity (Photo:Internet)
