KOICA present Swimming Supplies for 25th SEA Game
(KPL) Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) donated swimming supplies to National Swimming Federation for the best record in the 25th Southeast Asia Games.
Hand over ceremony was held on April 30, Vientiane, which the aid was handed over by Ms. Hong Hee Soo, Vice Resident Representative of KOICA, to Mr. Phankham Vongkhanty, Vice President of National Swimming Federation.
The swimming equipments include swimming suits, caps and etc for Lao National Swimming Team worth about US$ 1,900.
Mr. Phankham expressed thanks to KOICA and Korea Oversea Volunteer (KOV) for providing assistance to Laos, he also hoped KOV would further support assistance in the future.
Since 2001, KOICA has been running cooperation programs and has dispatched 187 KOVs to 10 provinces of Lao PDR. At present, 49 volunteers including four doctors, five experts are carrying out their mission and working with in 37 governmental organizations. And KOICA allocated approximately 10 million US dollars to Lao PDR in this year for various cooperation programs.
