The Vietnamese Government has granted 1,100 scholarships to Lao officials and students and its Lao counterpart provided 60 to Vietnamese ones for International Vocational Education Standard Committee(IVESC) vocational education programs at the country’s institution, reported Vientiane Times newspaper.

This year, the sides will prioritize investment in devices for vocational education institutes and upgrade IVESC's training base in Sekong and Champasak in southern Laos.

The countries are working to improve the training standard in education of the Lao ministry in the 2022-30 period and promote vocational training at all levels.

They will convene meetings to review the 10 years of the Vietnam-Laos educational cooperation, sign a protocol in the field and human resources development between the two Governments for 2022-27.