Vietnam Province Helps Build Training School in Cambodia

Authorities of Vietnam’s central highlands province of Gia Lai have donated $350,000 to build a vocational training school in Preah Vihear, Cambodia. Located in Phum Thorm Cheat in Chorm Ksan district, the Gia Lai-Preah Vihear School covers an area of 540 square meters. It includes a two-story building, six theory rooms, three practice rooms, labs and an internet room. The facility will provide short-term and medium-term skill training in repairing small machinery, radios, tape-recorders, TV sets and wood processing items for souvenirs as well as provide practical training in vegetable growing and fish breeding. As many as 150 students have already enrolled in its first course. Approximately 100 Cambodian students travel to Vietnam to study tertiary and postgraduate levels each year and in the 2009-2010 academic year, Vietnam received 116 Cambodian students. (www.saigon-gpdaily.com.vn Apr 4)