Vietnamese-language course opens in Vientiane

Addressing the event, Phan Minh Chien, Counsellor at the Vietnamese Embassy in Laos, said that over the years, many such courses have been held at a hope to keep the mother tongue of the Vietnamese community in Laos and maintain the national cultural identity.

He hailed the organising board’s efforts to resume the course after a period of interruption due to the COVID-19 pandemic, asking teachers to promote their enthusiasms in teaching activities and giving students a better insight to the culture and traditional customs of Vietnam.

Dinh Thi Phuong Loan, an overseas Vietnamese in Vientiane who serves as a volunteer teacher of the course, said she hopes that through the three-month course, children from Vietnamese families in Laos can communicate in their mother tongue and understand more about the Vietnamese traditional culture.

Xukanya, a sixth grader, said that she is excited to learn the language and hopes to study at a university in Vietnam.

At the ceremony, the Vietnamese bookcase was launched at Phat Tich Pagoda to serve Vietnamese and Lao readers. It includes Vietnamese-Lao bilingual books featuring the great friendship, special solidarity and the comprehensive partnership between the two countries.