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Vietnam-Laos joint venture support Lao students

The Lanexang Assurance Public Company (LAP), a joint venture between the Vietnam Post and Telecommunication Insurance JS Corporation and the Laos Development Bank, recently launched a programme to support Lao students in Sangthong district of the country’s capital Vientiane.
Vietnam-Laos joint venture support Lao students ảnh 1A recreation zone for pre-school and elementary school students in Sangthong district built by the LAP and its partner (Photo: VNA)
Vientiane (VNA) – The Lanexang Assurance Public Company (LAP), a joint venturebetween the Vietnam Post and Telecommunication Insurance JS Corporation and theLaos Development Bank, recently launched a programme to support Lao students inSangthong district of the country’s capital Vientiane.

Theventure and its strategic partner DB Kim Jun-ki Culture Foundation allocatedmore than 45,000 USD to restore an elementary school in Huoitom village inSangthong, Director of the LAP Do Dang Khang said during a ceremony to handover the school on February 28.

Inaddition, a utility pole and transmission lines were constructed to bringelectricity to the school, 60km from Vientiane’s centre.

Theyalso built a kindergarten and a recreation zone for pre-school and elementaryschool students in the district, Khang added.

Headmasterof the elementary school in Huoitom village Bounhieng Soulintha expressed hisgratitude for the contributions of the LAP and DB Kim Jun-ki Culture Foundation,which facilitates and encourages the school’s teachers and students.

Earlierin January, the venture handed over scholarships to 10 disadvantaged studentswith outstanding academic achievements of the National University of Laos. Italso presented free accident insurance and 5,000kg of rice for families in thetwo villages of Paksong and Watluang in Pasong district of Champasak province.-VNA
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