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On the 50th anniversary of Vietnam – Laos diplomatic ties (Sept. 5, 1962 – Sept. 5, 2012) and 35th anniversary of signing the bilateral Friendship and Co-operation Treaty (July 18, 1977 – July 18, 2012), a delegation of former Lao students on July 17 had an exchange, inaugurated and handed over the Commemorative house of Lao students to the Border Guard College Number 1 in Tan Yen district, Bac Giang province.
Over the past 50 years, the Border Guard College Number 1 has trained over 8,000 Lao students, significantly contributing to human resources for the cause of building and development of the country. The generations of former Lao students have been working effectively in Lao, many of them has become professors, doctors, engineers, scientists and high-ranking leaders of the Party and State of Lao.
At the event, Deputy Minister of Education and Sports of Lao expressed his deep gratitude to the college and teachers who has trained generations of Lao students as well as affirmed the close tradition between Vietnamese and Lao people.
The commemorative house of Lao students is built on the area of 500 square meters and it had been designed in Lao’s traditional architecture by Mr. Khampheng Saysompheng, governor of Luangprabang and former student of the college. All expenditure for the building had been contributed by generations of former Lao students.
Speaking at the event, Chairman of the Bac Giang provincial People’s Committee Bui Van Hai affirmed that the commemorative house of Lao students is a very significant work and he suggested that the college should continue to develop the solidarity tradition between the two countries, preserve and collect documents, materials and photos about generations of Laoation teachers and students who has been worked there in order to continue to educate about the traditional and special friendship relation of the Party and State leaders of the two nations have taken great pains to build./.
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