Complicated COVID-19 developments recorded in Southeast Asia
Thailand has posted a record number of daily COVID-19 deaths exceeding 200, while the volume of new domestic COVID-19 infections has been on the rise in Laos and Cambodia.
At a convenient store in Thailand's Bangkok (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Thailand has posted a record numberof daily COVID-19 deaths exceeding 200, while the volume of new domestic COVID-19infections has been on the rise in Laos and Cambodia.
Thailand on August 7 reported 21,838 coronavirus cases and 212deaths.
The new figures brought total infections to 736,522 andtotal fatalities to 6,066 since the pandemic began last year. The number ofrecoveries stood at 517,012.
On the same day, the Lao Ministry of Health confirmed 354 newcases of COVID-19, including 24 detected in the community, given the context ofan increasing flow of workers returning from Thailand.
Laos so far posted a total of 8,132 infections and eightdeaths.
Meanwhile, Cambodia added 522 new cases, including 135imported ones, to its national tally on August 7, pushing the total caseload to81,335. An additional 11 deaths also brought up its death toll to 1,537.
Cambodia is about to administer a third dose of COVID-19vaccine to frontline health workers, civil servants, and armed forces in sevenprovinces along its border with Thailand.
In Singapore, although the number of daily COVID-19infections has not tended to decrease sharply, the Government has decided torelax social distancing measures before the previously set deadline of August18, starting to reopen the economy following four stages and accept the fact ofliving with the pandemic.
The local COVID-19 task force said the nation will begin thefirst stage from August 10, with priority being given to easing restrictionsfor groups of people having fully vaccinated with two doses./.
The Ministry of Health of Cambodia reported another 588 COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the highest daily number since the start of the pandemic outbreak.
The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) on August 6 reported 10,623 new COVID-19 infections, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 1,638,345.
Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto and EAEU Trade Minister Andrey Slepnev jointly declared the conclusion of FTA talks on the sidelines of the 28th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF 2025), according to the statement.
The article stressed that throughout his revolutionary career, the founder of modern Vietnam consistently regarded the revolutionary press as a vital part of the Vietnamese Party’s and nation’s revolutionary struggle.
Pichai said the trade talks with the US are important and need to move forward professionally, without regard for any political changes in Thailand, believing that Thailand has clear principles, guidelines and procedures in place.
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In the today context of socio-economic development and growth, the professionalism of Vietnam’s revolutionary journalists continues to rise, guided by exemplary mastery of new information technologies and the modernisation of their founding principles to preserve the enduring values of revolutionary journalism.
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The forum featured two in-depth discussion sessions, engaging representatives from governments, think tanks, and businesses from both ASEAN and China, on how to forge closer ties for a common future.
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Minister Counselor Nguyen Hoang Nguyen reaffirmed Vietnam’s principled and consistent stance on the Palestine issue, calling for an immediate and lasting ceasefire across the entire Gaza Strip.
PM Anwar Ibrahim affirmed the determination of Malaysia, as ASEAN Chair for 2025, to utilise all viable regional mechanisms of the bloc and work with partners to de-escalate violence and restore a peace process led by Myanmar.
At a convenient store in Thailand's Bangkok (Photo: VNA) 
