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.

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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.

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Delegates at the event

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

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Delegates and trainees in a joint photo

On this occasion, the Lao military officers will visit some Vietnamese military press agencies and tour several local landscapes.

Translated by Minh Anh