New secondary school opens in Xekong
The children of Dakcheung district in Xekong province now have a brand new secondary school, built with 9 billion kip (US$1 million) in grant funding from the Vietnamese government.
The school, in Nonsavan village, was officially handed over to Lao authorities last week.
The event was attended by Deputy Minister and Deputy Head of the President’s Office, Mr Kingmano Phommahaxay, Deputy Minister of Education and Sports, Associate Prof. Dr Kongsy Sengmany, and the Ambassador of Vietnam to Laos, Mr Nguyen Ba Hung.
The two-storey school has six classrooms, four laboratories, two computer rooms, a teachers’ office, library, meeting room, and two warehouses as well as toilets and other facilities.
Phomphong Laoin
