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Vientiane (VNA) – A friendly sport exchange programme between Vietnam and Laos wrapped up in Vientiane on August 8. Sixteen teams with over 250 athletes from Lao ministries and departments as well as Vietnamese representative offices and businesses competed in football, badminton and Chinese chess during the three-day event. Vietnamese Ambassador to Laos Nguyen Ba Hung said the programme is expected to become an annual event to help further strengthen the great friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between Vietnam and Laos. Meanwhile, Lao Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Bounleua Phandanouvong and Lieutenant General Bounmy Sengkhamyong from the Lao Ministry of Public Security spoke highly of the event, which further tightens the close-knit relations between the two countries as well as helps young generations understand better about the bilateral special solidarity./. … [Read more...] about Sport exchange programme helps strengthen Vietnam-Laos solidarity

Since the onset of the COVID-19 outbreak, Laos has recorded 20 cases, and the only patient still under treatment is a national of the Republic of Korea who was confirmed positive for the coronavirus on July 23. The remaining 19 patients have been discharged from hospital. … [Read more...] about Latest Coronavirus News in Vietnam & Southeast Asia August 10

Vientiane (VNA) - ASEAN has become one of the most successful regional organisations in the world, with a host of tangible accomplishments on many fronts, Lao Foreign Minister Saleumxay Kommasith said in a message sent recently to the Lao people on the occasion of the 53rd founding anniversary of the bloc and the 23rd anniversary of Laos’ membership. In the message, published on the Vientiane Times on August 10, the FM said one of the most remarkable achievements in the last 53 years was the establishment of the ASEAN Community at the end of 2015. He described ASEAN as a peaceful and stable region with significant accomplishments in economic cooperation that has helped the bloc integrate into the regional and global economy and contribute to promoting socio-economic development and improving people’s living standards. ASEAN’s achievements have been widely recognised, in particular its central role, leadership role and consensus, he went on. In 2020, ASEAN and many … [Read more...] about Lao FM praises ASEAN as successful regional organisation

According to local authorities, the group had been placed under police surveillance for a long time under a two-phase operation jointly carried out by Vietnamese border guards in Quang Tri province alongside functional agencies from Laos. … [Read more...] about Five Lao nationals caught in possession of significant drugs haul

Bangkok (VNA) – The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has envisioned three scenarios for the recovery pace of the country’s tourism next year, with the worst case being a contraction of revenue from international visitors to 296 billion THB (about 9.5 billion USD). Local media quoted TAT Governor Yuthasak Supasorn as saying that the worst-case scenario, in which the country only allows international commercial flights to resume in the last quarter of 2021 amid a prolonged pandemic and global economic downturn, will see Thailand welcome just 6.14 million foreign tourists, mostly from Asia. The worst-case scenario for the domestic market is a nationwide lockdown that forces economic growth to plunge 8 percent year-on-year, resulting in 68.4 million trips for the full year, generating 380 billion THB. If there is a partial lockdown and an economic contraction of 3 percent, the number of domestic trips is estimated at 76.2 million, contributing 458 billion THB to the … [Read more...] about Thailand devises three scenarios for tourism recovery