China-aided school building handed over to Laos-Xinhua

China-aided school building handed over to Laos

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2023-04-01 13:31:30

Lao Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Saleumxay Kommasith (2nd L) and Chinese Ambassador to Laos Jiang Zaidong (1st R) witness a handover ceremony during which Secretary of the Yunnan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China Wang Ning (2nd R) hands over a symbolic key of the China-aided Phiawath Complete Secondary School building to the mayor of Vientiane Ardsaphangthong Siphandone (C) in Vientiane, Laos, March 30, 2023. (Photo by Kaikeo Saiyasane/Xinhua)

VIENTIANE, April 1 (Xinhua) -- The handover ceremony of the China-aided Phiawath Complete Secondary School building has been held in Lao capital Vientiane.

Speaking at the ceremony on Thursday, Ardsaphangthong Siphandone, the mayor of Vientiane, said the school building is one of the China-aided projects in Laos, showing a deep friendship between China and Laos, and will contribute to the development of the economy, society and education in the Southeast Asian country.

Chinese Ambassador to Laos Jiang Zaidong said that in the process of comprehensively promoting Chinese modernization, China will proactively build the China-Laos community with a shared future, so that China's development will further benefit Laos.

The new building of Phiawath secondary school located in the Sisattanak district of Vientiane comprises classrooms, science laboratories, computer rooms, Chinese language classrooms and other service rooms and can accommodate more than 1,400 students.

This aerial photo taken on March 30, 2023 shows the China-aided Phiawath Complete Secondary School building in Vientiane, Laos. (Photo by Kaikeo Saiyasane/Xinhua)

This aerial photo taken on March 30, 2023 shows the China-aided Phiawath Complete Secondary School building in Vientiane, Laos. (Photo by Kaikeo Saiyasane/Xinhua)

This aerial photo taken on March 30, 2023 shows the China-aided Phiawath Complete Secondary School building in Vientiane, Laos. (Photo by Kaikeo Saiyasane/Xinhua)

Teachers and students pose for photos at the China-aided Phiawath Complete Secondary School building in Vientiane, Laos, March 30, 2023. (Photo by Kaikeo Saiyasane/Xinhua)

This aerial photo taken on March 30, 2023 shows the China-aided Phiawath Complete Secondary School building in Vientiane, Laos. (Photo by Kaikeo Saiyasane/Xinhua)

Students perform during the handover ceremony of the China-aided Phiawath Complete Secondary School building in Vientiane, Laos, March 30, 2023. (Photo by Kaikeo Saiyasane/Xinhua)

This aerial photo taken on March 30, 2023 shows the China-aided Phiawath Complete Secondary School building in Vientiane, Laos. (Photo by Kaikeo Saiyasane/Xinhua)