Central Hue City inaugurats House of Knowledge

Thua Thien-Hue (VNA) – Central Hue City on September 17 inaugurated a
House of Knowledge built with the support of the Association of International
Francophone Mayors (AIFM) and the International Organisation of Francophone
Countries (IOFC).

The building in Hue is one of four houses of knowledge sponsored by countries
belonging to the Francophone community to supply databases, train IT and promote the
use of the French language around the world.

The three-storey building, situated at No. 1, Le Hong Phong Street, includes a
multi-media lab which is equipped with 30 computers, a scanner, projector, TV and
equipment for online-conferences plus a database centre for learning French.

Patrice Burel, Director of IOFC’s Asia-Pacific regional bureau said the
inauguration of the house of knowledge in Hue City is part of efforts to
popularise the French language around the world under the AIFM’s commitments.

The three other houses will be in Chisinau in Mondovi, Kinshasa in the Republic
of Congo and Ouagadugou in Burkina Faso.-Enditem