People have their samples taken for COVID-19 testing in Phnom Penh on May 23. (Photo: The Star) Hanoi (VNA) – The numbers of COVID-19 cases continued to rise in Southeast Asian countries on May 25. In Laos, 56 cases were confirmed in six cities and provinces in the past 24 hours, including 42 local and 14 imported cases, reported its Health Ministry. The country has so far logged 1,878 infections, 1,180 have been given all-clear from the virus. Two died from the disease. The same day, the Cambodian Health Ministry reported 568 more cases, raising the total count to more than 26,000. Of the new cases, 540 were community transmissions and 28 were imported.