The project is implemented on the basis of the agreement between the Lao and Vietnamese Governments on financial regulations and managing projects using Vietnamese non-refundable aid for Laos.

Leaders of the provincial Departments of Planning and Investment of Hoa Binh and Houaphan provinces signed the minutes on the content of Hua Muong’s district high school construction project in the Lao province of Houaphan.

The two sides agreed to build and equip the school with comprehensive equipment and technical infrastructure, which is expected to accommodate 1,000 students at the secondary and high school levels by 2020.
The school will include two two-storey buildings, with a combined floor area of 1,350 sq. metres. Each building has eight class rooms, accommodating 30-35 students. It also comprises a multi-task house, an administrative office, a library, dormitories, toilets, gates, and guard stations, serving teaching and learning activities at the school.
The Lao side will be responsible for granting land for the project and ensuring security and order in the area, supplying relevant information and data for the project implementation, land clearance compensation (if any); marking border of the targeted area; pricing materials for cost projection (if any).
Meanwhile, the Vietnam side will select contractors in consultancy, design, construction, procurement, and implementation of the project. Payment will be made in accordance with the current regulations.
The Departments of Planning and Investment of Vietnam’s Hoa Binh province and Laos’s Houaphan pronvce will be the coordinators of the project. Hoa Binh province’s ODA Projects Management Board is responsible for carrying out the project.
The two departments will advise the two provinces’ leaders on signing an agreement on the project in the coming time./.

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