Lao primary school receives basketball court from Chinese company

STORY: Lao primary school receives basketball court from Chinese company SHOOTING TIME: June 5, 2024 DATELINE: June 8, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:22 LOCATION: Vientiane CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the handover ceremony 2. various of the China-Laos Friendship Nongping Primary School STORYLINE: The Laos-China Railway Co., Ltd. (LCRC) has handed over a newly-built "Friendship Road" basketball court to the China-Laos Friendship Nongping Primary School in the Lao capital Vientiane. In a handover ceremony held on Wednesday, Lao Minister of Education and Sports Phout Simmalavong said the delivery of the basketball court is a move to further deepen the construction of a China-Laos community with a shared future. He hopes that the school will make good use of sports facilities and equipment to train students to become pillars of the country and successors to the Laos-China friendship. Also speaking at the event, Liu Hong, general manager of the LCRC, said the basketball court is one of the key proje

ASEAN countries discuss measures to enhance early childhood care, education

STORY: ASEAN countries discuss measures to enhance early childhood care, education SHOOTING TIME: May 15, 2024 DATELINE: May 16, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:51 LOCATION: Vientiane CATEGORY: POLITICS/EDUCATION SHOTLIST: 1. various of the meeting STORYLINE: Education ministers from the member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and senior officials gathered in Lao capital Vientiane on Wednesday, discussing practices and policies aimed at improving early childhood care and education. The ministers convened for the ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Ensuring Equal Access to Quality Early Childhood Development and Care, and related meetings. Speaking at the meeting, Lao Minister of Education and Sports Phout Simmalavong said this meeting is a platform to share lessons learned and enable participants to learn from each other's experience for the better development of early childhood education. ASEAN cooperation has been successful step by step, especially in the field of education, he said

Farewell ceremony for Lao students to study in China held in Laos

STORY: Farewell ceremony for Lao students to study in China held in Laos DATELINE: Aug. 25, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:07 LOCATION: Vientiane CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the farewell ceremony STORYLINE: The Lao Ministry of Education and Sports and the Chinese Embassy in Laos co-hosted a farewell party in the Lao capital Vientiane on Thursday for Lao students who were awarded the Chinese government's scholarship for the 2023-2024 school year. "On behalf of the Lao government, I would like to express my gratitude to the Chinese government and people for providing assistance to Laos in building human resources," Lao Minister of Education and Sports Phout Simmalavong delivered a speech at the event. This assistance is an important contribution to Laos's socioeconomic development and has strengthened the friendship between Laos and China, he said. From 2018 to 2023, the Chinese government awarded scholarships to over 6,000 Lao people to study for doctorate, master's and bachelor's degrees in China. Xi

LAOS-VIENTIANE-CHINA-AIDED PROJECT-DISTANCE EDUCATION

LAOS-VIENTIANE-CHINA-AIDED PROJECT-DISTANCE EDUCATION

(230323) -- VIENTIANE, March 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Lao Minister of Education and Sports Phout Simmalavong (2nd R) , Zhao Wenyu (2nd L), economic and commercial counselor of the Chinese embassy in Laos, Miao Hongcai(1st L), director of the Shanghai Education Publishing House and Saysana Sitthiphone, Vice President of Laos-China Cooperation Committee, attend the launching ceremony for the China-aided project of technical support for distance education in Laos in Lao capital Vientiane, March 22, 2023. The Chinese government is supporting projects to improve the skills of teachers in rural areas and distance education in Laos, aiming to promote educational development in the country. TO GO WITH "China helps improve distance education in Laos" (Photo by Kaikeo Saiyasane/Xinhua)

China, UN agency provide assistance to Lao school kids

STORY: China, UN agency provide assistance to Lao school kids DATELINE: Nov. 24, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:30 LOCATION: Vientiane CATEGORY: POLITICS/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of launching ceremony for China contributing food and nutrition assistance STORYLINE: A launching ceremony for China contributing food and nutrition assistance, through the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), to school children in Laos was held in Vientiane on Tuesday. As the first Global Development Initiative (GDI) project in Laos, around 930 tons of rice and 120 tons of canned fish are to be procured by the WFP with the support of China's Global Development and South-South Cooperation Fund for lunches of some 130,000 students in 1,400 primary schools of Laos' eight provinces, a press release from the Chinese embassy in Laos said on Wednesday. The ceremony was inaugurated by Deputy Chief of Mission of the Chinese Embassy in Laos, Counselor Xiang Fangqiang, and Lao Minister of Education and Sports Phout Simmalavong. The