Several organisations and units of Laos have offered financial donations to the Vietnamese Government and people to support their fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

The People’s Court of northern Hung Yen province on June 2 sentenced a man to five years and three months in jail for storing 780 kg of pangolin scales - a type of banned goods - in accordance with Clause 3, Article 191 of the 2015 Penal Code (revised and supplemented in 2017).

VOV.VN - The southeastern province of Tay Ninh worked alongside the Cambodian province of Prey Veng to internally organise a ceremony on May 31 to announce the launch of the Tan Nam (Tay Ninh) - Meun Chey (Prey Veng) international border gates amid ongoing challenges relating to COVID-19 pandemic.

A communal house for Vietnamese-Cambodians was inaugurated in Cambodia’s Kampot province on May 26 after more than four months of construction.

VOV.VN - People residing in border areas throughout three Central Highland provinces cast their ballots on May 22 one day ahead of schedule to elect deputies to the 15th National Assembly (NA) and to all-levels of the People’s Council for the 2021 to 2026 term.

VOV.VN - The local authorities of Loc Ha district in Ha Tinh province have released a rare sea turtle that was accidentally caught by a local fisherman back into the ocean so it can return to its natural habitat.

VOV.VN - COVID-19 cases found in the Japanese-invested Hosiden Vietnam Co., Ltd in Quang Chau Industrial Park pose a great danger as all workers could be infected with the virus, according to the Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control of Bac Giang province.

The northwestern provinces of Lao Cai, Ha Giang, Lai Chau and Dien Bien and China’s Yunnan province have agreed to enhance cooperation in the time ahead with a view to building a borderline of peace, stability and friendship.

The Vietnamese Consulate General in Cambodia’s Preah Sihanouk province and the Executive Board of the provincial Khmer-Vietnamese Association on May 16 presented 434 gift packages to disadvantaged households.

VOV.VN - Dien Bien Phu City in Dien Bien province has launched a massive testing campaign for over 200 local people in Him Lam ward following the detection of two individuals infected with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.