Acceptance Ceremony of the new Lao’s National Assembly Building

The acceptance ceremony of the new Lao National Assembly Building was held in Vientiane on August 8th. This is a gift from Vietnam Party, State and people to the Laos Party, State and people. There were Vietnam’s Deputy Minister of Construction Le Quang Hung; Vice Chairman of the Laos National Assembly, Head of the Steering Committee for the construction of the new Laos National Assembly Building – Mr Sommad Pholsena; Major General Nguyen Quoc Dung, Commander of Army Corps 11, and representatives of relevant ministries, departments, branches and units of Vietnam and Laos at the ceremony.

Deputy Mnister Le Quang Hung spoke at the Acceptance Ceremony

At the acceptance ceremony, the investor - the Secretariat of the Laos National Assembly (the receiving and using unit), the general contractor, the supervisory units... all agreed to evaluate: after nearly 38 months of construction, the Project has completed construction in accordance with the design requirements, use needs, quality, and safety and is being operated with full functions, well serving the operation requirements of the Laos National Assembly; highly appreciated the relevant units, especially the investor, the project management boards, the general contractor with their best efforts to overcome all difficulties in completing the project with good quality.

Due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, difficulties in terms of geographical distance, supply of materials, equipment, and workers, but the construction site still ensured the required progress and safely epidemic prevention. The construction project with a construction time of nearly 38 months, equivalent to more than 4 million hours, did not cause damage to people and property, no fire explosion…

The new Laos National Assembly Building was built by Vietnam

The new Laos National Assembly Building is built on the foundation of the old National Assembly house at Thatluang Square, the center of Vientiane with area of 7000 m2 including 1 basement and 5 floors. Due to the special nature of the project, the project has 2 steering committees, 2 project management boards, 2 design consultants and 2 supervision consultants from Vietnam and Laos-Japan. This is the place where meetings of the Lao National Assembly took place and the working place of National Assembly leaders, experts and office staffs. The project also has many flexible spaces to serve domestic and international delegations, meetings, training sessions, and important events and ceremonies of Laos.

The Laos National Assembly House was inspired by the current national flag and designed in the traditional architectural style; the combination of new construction materials with traditional materials such as tile roofs, natural wood, stone ... both showed similarities with the architectural tastes of the Laos people, and a rich cultural identity of Laos.

At the Acceptance Ceremony, the parties also agreed to evaluate the Project as an existing, realistic and vivid proof contributing to further building the great friendship between Vietnam and Laos.

(Source:moc.gov.vn)
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