Japan to support Laos in human resource development

The government of Japan has agreed to help Laos develop high quality human resources responsible for strengthening administrative capacity and establishing institutions, including improving the capacity of government officials, according to the website of Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The promise of assistance followed talks between the prime ministers of the two countries, Mr Thongloun Sisoulith and Mr Shinzo Abe, in Tokyo yesterday.

  An agreement on the assistance was signed by Lao Ambassador to Japan, Mr Viroth Sundara and Japanese Ambassador to Laos, Mr Takeshi Hikihara, and witnessed by Prime Minister Thongloun and his Japanese counterpart Mr Abe.
Mr Thongloun and his delegation left Laos for Japan on May 29 to attend the 25th International Conference on the Future of Asia, which is taking place in Tokyo from May 30-31.
Mr Thongloun will deliver a speech reflecting the views of Laos on the theme of this year’s conference: ‘Seeking a new global order - overcoming the chaos’.
The annual conference has been hosted by the Nikkei news agency every year since 1995. It brings together political, economic and academic leaders from the Asia-Pacific region to offer their opinions frankly and freely on regional issues and the role of Asia in the world.

By Times Reporters
(Latest Update May 31, 2019)