Phout Simmalavong Receives Japan’s Order of the Rising Sun in Official Ceremony

On 18 December, Phout Simmalavong, Minister of Training and Sports activities and President of the Lao-Japan Friendship Affiliation, obtained Japan’s prestigious Order of the Rising Solar, Gold and Silver Star.

The Emperor of Japan conferred this excessive honour, which Koizumi Tsutomu, Ambassador of Japan to Laos, formally introduced on the Residence of the Japanese Ambassador in Vientiane Capital.

The ceremony drew dignitaries, together with Deputy Ministers, former Ministers, senior Lao officers, Phout’s household, and representatives from the Japanese group in Laos.

Ambassador Koizumi congratulated Phout and expressed gratitude for his important contributions to strengthening Japan-Laos relationssignificantly in training and sports activities.

From 2019 to 2021, Phout, as Deputy Minister of Training and Sports activities, labored carefully with JICA to enhance instructor high quality in Laos via initiatives just like the ‘Challenge for Enhancing Instructor Coaching Schools’ and revised major faculty math textbooks. He additionally facilitated the dispatch of Lao authorities officers to Japan via the ‘Challenge for Human Useful resource Growth Scholarship (JDS),’ sending 156 grasp’s college students and 39 doctoral college students. Moreover, he performed a key function in increasing Japanese language training in Laos, growing the variety of learners from 1,046 in 2015 to three,118 by 2021.

Since turning into Minister of Training and Sports activities in 2021, Phout has centered on recovering studying alternatives misplaced through the pandemic by introducing digital studying in partnership with Japan and worldwide organizations. He additionally contributed to the profitable completion of the ‘Challenge for the Reconstruction of the Chao Anouvong Stadium,’ strengthening ties between Laos and Japan. As Chairman of the Lao-Japan Friendship Affiliation, Phout has hosted Japanese dignitaries and supported Lao college students learning in Japan, inspiring future generations of Japanophiles.