Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his wife, along with Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone and his wife, visited Ngoc Son Temple and strolled around Hoan Kiem Lake - Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his wife introduced to Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone and his wife the Pen Tower, Inkstone Platform, The Huc Bridge, Ngoc Son Temple; especially the turtle of Hoan Kiem Lake and the legend of Hoan Kiem Lake.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his wife introduced the Pen Tower, Research Station... to Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone and his wife - Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac
... about Ngoc Son Temple, especially about the Hoan Kiem Lake turtle and the legend of Hoan Kiem Lake - Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac
The historical and scenic relics of Hoan Kiem Lake and Ngoc Son Temple were ranked as special national relics by the Prime Minister in 2013. Hoan Kiem Lake, also known as Sword Lake - the vestige of an ancient stretch of the Nhi Ha River, is a famous scenic spot of the capital. The lake's name is associated with the legend of Le Loi returning the precious sword after defeating foreign invaders.
The two Prime Ministers visited the specimen of the Hoan Kiem Lake turtle on display at Ngoc Son Temple. Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac
Ngoc Son Temple is not only a religious relic, but was once also the place where the Huong Thien Association, an organization that gathered many patriotic Confucian scholars of the time, such as Nguyen Van Sieu (1799-1870), Vu Tong Phan (1800-1851) to propagate and educate the masses about goodness, and to organize the printing of many types of books...
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh presents Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone with a calligraphy piece about the special Vietnam-Laos friendship - Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac
Ngoc Son Temple and Hoan Kiem Lake area have always been cared for, preserved and promoted by the Hanoi government and people, as well as the whole country, and have become one of the historical, cultural and landscape symbols of the thousand-year-old capital.
After visiting Ngoc Son Temple, while walking around Hoan Kiem Lake, the two Prime Ministers and their wives met and interacted with Vietnamese and Lao students - Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac
The two Prime Ministers hope that students in particular and the young generations of Vietnam and Laos in general will strive to study, train to establish themselves and their careers, and comprehensively develop their morality, intelligence, physical fitness, and aesthetics, contributing to the successful implementation of the tasks set by the Party, State, and people of the two countries - Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac
* After visiting Ngoc Son Temple, while walking around Hoan Kiem Lake, the two Prime Ministers and their wives met and interacted with Vietnamese-Lao students, and enjoyed coffee and ice cream with the students at a lakeside restaurant.
Talking and inquiring about the study and living situation of students of the two countries, the two Prime Ministers hoped that students in particular and the young generation of Vietnam and Laos in general would strive to study, train to establish themselves and their careers, develop comprehensively in morality, intelligence, physique and aesthetics; realize their dreams and ambitions and those of their families; fulfill their social responsibilities and the task of building and defending the Fatherland of each country; and contribute to the successful implementation of the tasks determined by the Party, State and people of the two countries.
Cooperation in education and training is identified by the two Parties and States of Vietnam and Laos as an important task and a strategic cooperation area in the long-standing friendship and close relationship between Vietnam and Laos - Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac
In particular, Vietnamese and Lao students and youth must preserve and promote national identity; unite, love and help each other because "helping friends is helping yourself", together preserve and continue to write golden pages for the strong brotherhood, the great neighborly friendship, special and rare solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between Vietnam and Laos.
Cooperation in education and training is identified by the two Parties and States of Vietnam and Laos as an important task and a strategic cooperation field in the long-standing friendship and close relationship between Vietnam and Laos.
In the 2011-2021 period, Vietnam has received nearly 30,000 Lao students studying under agreements and non-agreements with different occupational structures and training levels. In the opposite direction, since 1982, the Lao Government has also trained a total of nearly 5,000 cadres and students for Vietnam to study at the National University of Laos.
The two Prime Ministers and their wives enjoy coffee and ice cream with students at a lakeside restaurant - Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac
During their studies, international students from both countries are always cared for by educational institutions, creating all material and spiritual conditions to ensure convenient places to eat, stay, study and live for international students.
In the coming time, the two sides will continue to prioritize and promote the improvement of quality in education-training cooperation and human resource development; the Vietnamese Government will continue to provide 1,120 scholarships for Lao officials and students to study in Vietnam; and continue to send teachers to teach Vietnamese in Laos.
* This is the final activity during the official visit to Vietnam, combined with co-chairing the 46th meeting of the Vietnam-Laos Intergovernmental Committee by Prime Minister of the Lao People's Democratic Republic Sonexay Siphandone.
On the same afternoon, Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone, his wife and the Lao high-ranking delegation left Hanoi to return home./.
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