Unitel supports school building in Laos

NDO/VNA) – Star Telecom (Unitel), a joint venture between the Laos-Asia telecom company and Vietnam’s Viettel telecom group, offered financial support to build a school in the Lao central province of Bolikhamsay at a ceremony on July 2.

Unitel presents the financial support for the Laos – Vietnam friendship school. (Image credit: NDO)
Unitel presents the financial support for the Laos – Vietnam friendship school. (Image credit: NDO)

Chairman of the Bolikhamsay province Kongkeo Xaysongkham, Vietnamese Ambassador to Laos Nguyen Manh Hung, Vietnam Consul General in the central Lao region Nguyen Nam Cuong and overseas Vietnamese nationals living in Bolikhamsay were present at the event.

The two-storey school is built across 250 square meters and includes six classrooms with a total investment of 500 million kip (around US$62,000).

Over the past five years, Unitel has actively provided telecom services to Lao nationals and offered free internet access for over 600 schools and health stations.

By the end of 2014, the venture had provided an aid package of nearly US$9.2 million to implement social activities in Laos.