Thailand’s Tourism and Sports Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn said his ministry plans to implement travel bubbles this year along borders such as Trat province and Cambodia’s Koh Kong province.
The Lao Ministry of Health said on September 24 that in the past 24 hours, the country recorded 434 new cases of COVID-19, of which 406 were community infections.
Cambodia's exports of garment and accessories from Cambodia rose by 3.3 percent to 5.02 billion USD in the first eight months of 2021, compared to 4.86 billion USD in the same period last year, the Khmer Times cited statistics from the Ministry of Commerce as reporting.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on September 17 asked the Tourism Ministry to consider reopening tourism for vaccinated international tourists to visit Cambodia with a seven-day quarantine period.
The Cambodian Government has decided to extend its intensified COVID-19 prevention and control campaign by a week, while the Lao Government has ordered increasing contact tracing for prompt treatment.
Cambodia began a COVID-19 vaccination drive targeting children aged 12-17 in its capital Phnom Penh and three provinces of Kandal, Koh Kong and Preah Sihanouk on August 1.
Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen has ordered a temporary ban on imported meat to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Ministry of Agriculture.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Jul 28 ordered his government to open the coronavirus vaccination campaign for anyone who wants a shot as his country scrambles to protect the population from more transmissible variants.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has announced new measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and its new Delta variant including temporarily closing border gates to Vietnam and Thailand.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Cambodia is at its peak when the daily number of new cases amount to 1,000 in the past two days, while the death toll reached the highest level.
Cambodia is looking forward to obtaining herd immunity by November, while Malaysia has granted conditional approval for CanSino Biologics and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines.
Phnom Penh Governor Khuong Sreng has said that the vaccination campaign against COVID 19 in the capital city will be completed on July 8, while all people aged 18 and over will be vaccinated.
Chairman of the Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) Vuong Dinh Hue held talks with his Cambodian counterpart Samdech Heng Samrin via video teleconference on June 3.
The Cambodian Ministry of Health on May 8 reported 538 new COVID-19 cases, raising the total number of infection so far to 18,717, including 7,340 recoveries.
Governors of Phnom Penh and Vientiane on May 7 spoke highly of Ho Chi Minh City’s initiative to organize an online discussion between leaders of the three major cities of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam to share experience in the COVID-19 fight.
The Executive Councils of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) and the HCM City Buddhist Sangha recently presented 250 million VND (10,800 USD) to Great Supreme Patriarch of Cambodia Samdech Tep Vong and Buddhist followers in Cambodia to help them cope with difficulties caused by the latest COVID-19 resurgence.
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