348 volunteers trained for the SEA Games

To ensure a high standard of service from the transport Committee, 348 volunteers have been trained to work during the SEA Games as Liaison Officers (LO) and volunteers Officers (VO). The volunteers will work in different areas of transport management including parking, public transport and air transport and vehicle management committees. They will also contribute to administrative functions in the secretariat and financial management committees. The train course, which started on 9 November at the National University’s Dongdok Campus, banking institutions, financial colleges, Lattana colleges and other colleges and institutions in Vientiane Capital.

Speaking at the opening ceremony, Mr Lattanamany Khounnivong, Head of the Public works and Transport Ministry’s Office and Chairman of the transport committee for the 25th SEA Games, spoke about important role of volunteers in the success of the SEA Game, which will be held at Vientiane in December Mr Lattanamany urged all volunteers who took part in the course to take their volunteer role seriously and to serve guests attending the SEA Games responsibly. The training course will conclude on 12 November.

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