IVET School, Phongsaly Province
| 06 October 2009
The IVET School is located on a compound some 4 km east of the town centre. The construction works of the school have been completed to a large extend in October 2009 and delivery of equipment was in October 2009.
The trades / buildings / facilities foreseen for the operation of the school are:
- Agriculture: Crop Production and Animal Husbandry
- Construction: Building and Carpentry
- Mechanical: Small Engines and Electrical Repair
- Kitchen and Canteen Services
- Computer Training
- Administration Building, 2 Public Toilets, Internal Roads, Parking and Foot walks, 1 Soccer Field
- Vehicles for the Management of the School
In total 9 individual buildings have been erected on a compound of some 5.6 ha for a total cost of approx. EUR 0.802 mio with equipment estimated of EUR 0.271 mio. The IVET School is in operation since October 2009 on the new compound.
Phongsaly province is the most remote in northern Laos, enclosed on three sides by China and Vietnam and cut off to overland travel from Oudomxay to the south. It consists of six districts: Phongsaly, Muangmai, Muangkhua, Samphan, Sombounxay and Yot Ou. More than twenty ethnicities make up the province's population of approximately 153,400;among them Iko, Loma, Akha, Pusang, Thai Dam, Thai Deng, Yao, Thai Lu, Khamou, Phai, Solo, Lao Hoy etc. All retain district cultures, Languages and religious beliefs, though their most obvious difference is their dress of woman of each tribe.