Refresher course on mass media and printing technology opened for Lao trainees

PANO - On implementing the cooperation plan between Vietnam and Laos militaries and directions of the General Department of Political Affairs (GDP)’ leaders, on November 18, the GDP’s Department of Political Education and Information, in coordination with Unit 871, launched a refresher course on mass media and printing technology for Lao military officers.

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Addressing the opening ceremony, Major General Do Thanh Phong, Deputy Director of the Department of Political Education and Information, noted that the refresher course is part of the cooperation program in 2022 between the Vietnamese and Lao Ministries of National Defense.

Major General Do Thanh Phong speaks at the event.

During the one-month long course, the Lao trainees are equipped with basic information about management and organization of communication activities in the Vietnam People’s Army as well as the implementation of dissemination work about military and defense tasks, defense external affairs, the combat against wrongful viewpoints by hostile forces, and ensuring information security in press dissemination in the Vietnamese military.

Delegates at the event

In addition, participants also have an opportunity to exchange experience about electronic press techniques and clay printing techniques, among others.