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Laos and Cambodia have pledged to strengthen tourism cooperation and to continue to promote tourism with an emphasis on safe travel during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Individuals from the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics (HCMA) and the Truth National Political Publishing House were honoured with the labour orders of Laos at a ceremony in Hanoi on January 17.

Laos’ Ministry of Health has advised local residents to reduce the scale of festivals and only conduct traditional rituals during this year’s peak festival season in order to avoid mass gathering and prevent the spread of COVID-19 pandemic.

The Lao Ministry of Health announced on January 14 that the country had recorded 1,052 new cases of COVID-19 and four deaths over the past 24 hours.

Laos is to step up production of its antiviral drug molnupiravir with the trade name of Molacovir to serve treatment of COVID-19 patients with mild symptoms.

The World Bank has predicted that Laos will see economic growth of 4.5 percent in 2022 and 4.8 percent in 2023 despite projected slower growth of the global economy, Vientiane Times reported.

Overseas Vietnamese with great contributions to the relief and fund-raising activities for Lao people suffering from natural disasters and diseases were honoured at a ceremony at Phat Tich pagoda in Vientiane on January 12.

Lao Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh and his entourage left Hanoi on January 10, concluding their three-day visit to Vietnam at the invitation of his Vietnamese counterpart Pham Minh Chinh.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his Lao counterpart Phankham Viphavanh met with 60 Vietnamese and 20 Lao enterprises in Hanoi on January 10.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his Lao counterpart Phankham Viphavanh co-chaired the 44th meeting of the Vietnam – Laos Inter-Governmental Committee on Bilateral Cooperation in Hanoi on January 10.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc hosted a reception in Hanoi on January 10 for Lao Minister of Public Security Gen. Vilay Lakhamphong, during which he appreciated the latter's efforts to promote the special and precious traditional ties between the Parties and States, including between their ministries of public security.

Two-way trade between Vietnam and Laos is estimated at 1.3 billion USD in 2021, a year-on-year rise of 30.3 percent, according to Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Quoc Phuong.

The Lao Ministry of Health announced on January 9 that the country has recorded 924 new COVID-19 infections and seven deaths over the past 24 hours.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence of Laos General Chansamone Chanyalath visited former Minister of National Defence of Vietnam General Ngo Xuan Lich in Hanoi on January 8.