Vietnamese corporation presents apartment building to Lao province
The Ministry of National Defence’s COECCO Corporation on December 27 handed over an apartment building for officials and public servants of Xaysomboun – a newly-established and disadvantageous province of Laos.
Delegates cut the ribbon to inaugurate the apartment building. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of National Defence’s COECCOCorporation on December 27 handed over an apartment building for officials andpublic servants of Xaysomboun – a newly-established and disadvantageousprovince of Laos.
The 30-billion-VND (1.23 million USD) buildinghas three floors and 40 apartments.
Member of the provincial Party Committeeand Chief of Office of Xaysomboun Somboun Soliththideth said that as the provincewas newly established, many officials have been mobilised from other placesacross the country. Therefore, the province could not meet all the needs for housing,and some officials and public servants have to rent motels.
The housing is a great encouragement for them to feel secure to work and fulfil all assigned tasks.
Thanks to the corporation’s contributionsto the province’s economic and infrastructure development over the past time, COECCO has been granted with Laos’s third-class Order of Development./.
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Delegates cut the ribbon to inaugurate the apartment building. (Photo: VNA) 
