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18/02/2021 19:56 GMT+7
ASEAN member states, including Vietnam, have agreed to set aside $10.5 million from the COVID-19 ASEAN Response Fund to purchase vaccines for their citizens on the basis of equal distribution to all 10 countries.
Vietnam s representative - Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung - at the sixth meeting of the ACC Working Group on Public Health Emergencies (Photo: VNA)
The agreement was reached during the sixth meeting of the ASEAN Coordinating Council (ACC) Working Group on Public Health Emergencies, held via video conference on February 18.
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Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung thanked the Indian Government and people for the support, saying that the sharing will further deepen the close ties between the two countries.
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New Delhi: India as part of Act East policy has sent 3,000 sets of personal goods to people affected by floods in the central region of Vietnam, Delhi’s key partner in the Indo-Pacific region.
Indian Ambassador Pranay Verma presented the aid to Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung in Hanoi on January 15.
The ambassador offered sympathy over the losses in human lives and property caused by flooding and storms in central Vietnam, and expressed his hope that the aid will help the flood victims quickly return to normal life.
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The Indian Government has sent 3,000 sets of personal goods to people affected by floods in the central region of Vietnam.
Flooding on the banks of Thach Han River (Photo: VNA)
Indian Ambassador Pranay Verma presented symbolically the aid to Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung in Hanoi on January 15.
The ambassador offered sympathy over the losses in human lives and property caused by flooding and storms in central Vietnam, and expressed his hope that the aid will help the flood victims quickly return to normal life.
Deputy FM Dung thanked the Indian Government and people for the support, saying that the sharing will further deepen the close ties between the two countries.
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VNA | December 11, 2020 12:00 PM
Vietnam and China co-chaired the 18th East Asia Forum which was held via video conference on December 10 under the theme of “Strengthening the ASEAN Plus Three Cooperation for Economic and Financial Resilience in the face of Emerging Challenges”.
Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung (L) (Source: VNA)
Attending the event were high-ranking officials, prestigious scholars and experts, and representatives of businesses from 10 ASEAN Member States and China, Japan and the Republic of Korea, and guests from regional and international organisations.
In his opening remarks, Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung, who head of the ASEAN SOM of Vietnam, said that the ASEAN Plus Three cooperation, established in 1997 amidst the regional financial crisis, has advantage of actively responding to challenges, notably the SARS 2003, the economic-financial crisis 2008, and the COVID-19 pandemic.