China Ministry of Commerce grants construction of Piwa Middle School Project in Vientiane, Laos
Summary
Funding agency [Type]
China Ministry of Commerce [Government Agency]
Recipient
Laos
Sector
Education (Code: 110)
Flow type
Grant
Infrastructure
Yes
Category
Project lifecycle
Geography
Description
On November 25, 2020, a kick-off ceremony was held for the construction of Piwa Middle School Project in Vientiane, Laos that was funded by the Chinese Ministry of Commerce as a foreign aid project. The Piwa Middle School will be located in Sishadana County in Vientiane, the capital of Laos. The school was constructed by Yunnan Construction and Investment Holding Group, China Architectural Design and Research Institute Co., Ltd., and Sichuan Southwest Engineering Project Management Consulting Co., Ltd. The total construction area of the project is 7866 square meters. It has a 5-story teaching building including 50 ordinary classrooms, 2 reading rooms, 2 computer classrooms, 1 Chinese classroom, and teaching places and facilities for chemistry, physics, biology, and natural science laboratories. The kick-off ceremony took place in Vientiane, Laos, and was sponsored by the Economic and Commercial Office of the Chinese Embassy in Laos and the General Office of the Laos-China Cooperation Committee. The Director of the General Office of the Laos-China Cooperation Committee and representatives of the Economic and Commercial Office of the Chinese Embassy in Laos attended the ceremony. In February 2023, The Piwa Middle School successfully passed the completion inspection and acceptance test, and was rated as excellent in project quality. The project was completed with a total construction area of about 7,866 square meters and a construction period of 20 months.
Additional details
1. The Chinese project title is 中老双方联合举办援老挝万象市皮瓦中学项目启动会.
Number of official sources
1
Number of total sources
3
Details
Cofinanced
No
Direct receiving agencies [Type]
Government of Vientiane Province [Government Agency]
Implementing agencies [Type]
Yunnan Construction and Investment Holding (YCIH) [State-owned Company]
Laos-China Cooperation Committee (LCCC) [NGO/CSO/Foundation]
Huajian Group East China Architectural Design and Research Institute (ECADI) [State-owned Company]
Sichuan Huakai Engineering Project Management Co., Ltd. [State-owned Company]