VIENTIANE, July 4 (Xinhua) -- The Lao National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LNCCI) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Vocational Education Development Institute (VEDI) for partnership to bolster human resources for the business sector and to promote vocational education.
The MoU was signed in Lao capital Vientiane on Wednesday by the LNCCI Secretary General Phouxay Thepphavong, and the VEDI Director General Bounseng Khammounty.
The agreement aims to enhance cooperation between the two sides, which will work together on deciding the scope of collaboration, exchanging information, jointly creating national training standards and designing of courses, and training business trainers based on regional and international standards, Lao National Radio reported on Thursday.
The MoU will help the two sides to work together and clearly define the scope of their work and cooperation. It will also help in utilizing existing human resources from both sides with the expectation of producing more standardized and professionalized personnel.
The two sides will continue to exchange information about organizing business training sessions regularly and promote cooperation between businesses and vocational education institutions for organizing cooperative teaching and learning, according to the report. ■
