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As the COVID-19 situation is getting worse in Laos, the country is accelerating contact tracing in order to stop COVID-19 infection from spreading.

The Lao government on August 19 decided to extend its lockdown order for 15 more days from August 20 to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Some provinces of Laos have placed lockdown in areas where cases of community COVID-19 infection cases were reported.

The Lao Ministry of Health recorded only nine cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, including six community infections and three imported.

Provinces and cities across Vietnam, especially border areas, are stepping up their COVID-19 prevention and control efforts.

The National Police under the Interior Ministry of Cambodia have planned to prevent the spread of COVID-19 during the upcoming Khmer New Year in April, the context of increasing number of infections in the country.

Hanoi’s outlying My Duc district was ordered to suspend the annual Huong Pagoda Festival and stop receiving visitors in an attempt to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Chu Xuan Dung has said.

More than 290 Vietnamese citizens were flown home from Malaysia on November 15 on a Vietnam Airline flight.

Southeast Asian nations are beefing up measures to curb the spread of COVID-19 amid complicated developments of the disease in many countries around the world.

Acting Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long has urged health departments in all 63 cities and provinces of the country to take all measures possible to prevent the spread of COVID-19, which has become more complex with a higher speed of transmission in the community.

Border guard forces and agencies in cities and provinces are strictly monitoring travel through border gates to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam chaired a meeting in Hanoi on July 27 to roll out measures preventing the spread of COVID-19.

The People’s Committee of Da Nang city on July 26 morning announced a number of measures to curb the spread of COVID-19.

Vietnam appreciates Cambodia’s decision to annul diplomatic note 698 MFA.IC/API on restricting cross-border travel between the two countries, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang said at the ministry’s regular press briefing on July 2.

Vietnam has relied upon mobilising society and conducted massive social closures and extensive surveillance of citizens to prevent the spread of the COVID-19, the US-based Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) has said.

The Ministry of Health recommends five things people should do to prevent and control the spread of COVID-19.

International media continue to hail the success that Vietnam has made so far in containing the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 despite limited resources compared to many countries.

The Health Ministry said late March 28 that the total number of COVID-19 cases in the country increased by five during the day to 174 as of 18:00.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has ordered cancellation of meetings and events with more than 20 people over the next several weeks as part of preventive measures against the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

In response to the Prime Minister’s order the closure of unnecessary services to prevent further spreading of COVID-19, many restaurants and bars in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City have temporarily closed.