Mitsuhiro Mukaiyama, our Senior Consultant and CPA (Japan), gave lectures on financial management and accounting in the seminars at Laos Banking Institute held from 13 to 17 February. 30 attended the seminar, representing the Institute’s major members such as Bank of the Lao PDR, commercial banks, Lao Securities Exchange and Lao Telecom. It was the first seminar for a LJI project consultant to give on such subjects to be addressed to the leaders of those policy making national organizations. Mukaiyama received high evaluation for his seminar.

Laos-Japan Center for Human Resources Development was established in the campus of Laos National University with Japan’s ODA in 2001 to help build mutual relationship between the two countries and develop human resources of the Lao citizens. The Center has been upgraded to LJI: Laos Japan Institute. We have worked at the Institute as lecturers and advisors in the MBA Course of the Laos National University and Practical Business Course of LJI.