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Laos to Boost Digital Skills with USD 9.9 million Support from South Korea

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Laos is set to accelerate its digital transformation with support from the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), which has pledged USD 9.9 million to train civil servants and strengthen their digital skills from 2025 to 2029.

The project is designed to lay a strong foundation for a modern, digitally-enabled government, and will support the establishment of a Digital-Human Resources Development Center, a key initiative to enhance digital governance and improve public service delivery across the country. 

An agreement was signed on 9 September in Vientiane, main attendees were Korean Ambassador to Laos Jung Yung-soo, Minister of Technology and Communications Boviengkham Vongdara. 

The new center will operate under the Ministry of Technology and Communications, developing a comprehensive training master plan, producing learning materials, and providing structured programmes to upskill civil servants. 

Ambassador Jung highlighted the significance of the project, saying it will speed up Laos’ digital transformation, provide a permanent training system for civil servants, and create a sustainable digital education environment for the government. 

Boviengkham noted that the project aligns with Laos’ National Socio-economic Development Plans and will modernise government administration while improving the quality of public services. 

KOICA also emphasized that the initiative will strengthen bilateral ties and establish a long-term digital education system that benefits all citizens.

Digital transformation has been identified as a top national priority. Laos has set out a long-term vision to modernise public services and drive economic growth through its National Digital Economic Development Vision (2021–2024), Strategy (2021–2030), and Plan (2021–2025). 

The National Committee on Digital Transformation has been tasked with promoting these strategies through policies, action plans, and project monitoring across multiple sectors.

At a high-level meeting last year, President Thongloun Sisoulith emphasized the urgency of digital transformation for socio-economic development, warning that without swift progress, Laos risks falling behind as the world enters the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

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