{"id":8708,"date":"2021-08-04T06:10:02","date_gmt":"2021-08-04T02:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qia.az\/en\/minister-10-5m-earmarked-from-asean-covid-response-fund-should-be-used-to-buy-vaccines\/"},"modified":"2021-08-04T06:10:02","modified_gmt":"2021-08-04T02:10:02","slug":"minister-10-5m-earmarked-from-asean-covid-response-fund-should-be-used-to-buy-vaccines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qia.az\/en\/minister-10-5m-earmarked-from-asean-covid-response-fund-should-be-used-to-buy-vaccines\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister: $10.5M earmarked from ASEAN COVID response fund should be used to buy vaccines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/qia.az\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/Minister-105M-earmarked-from-ASEAN-COVID-response-fund-should-be.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son suggested quickly spending $10.5 million earmarked from the ASEAN COVID-19 Response Fund to buy vaccines while speaking at the 29th ASEAN Coordinating Council Meeting, <noindex><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/report.az\/en\">Report<\/a><\/noindex> informs via <noindex><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/vietnamnet.vn\/en\/vietnam-world\/10-5-mln-usd-earmarked-from-asean-covid-19-response-fund-should-be-used-to-buy-vaccines-quickly-minister-762208.html\">VietnamNet<\/a><\/noindex>.<\/p>\n<p>He also proposed reviewing the implementation of the ASEAN Charter, a major outcome of Vietnam\u2019s ASEAN Chairmanship Year 2020, saying the document should be realised effectively to improve the operational efficiency of the ASEAN apparatus in the time ahead.<\/p>\n<p>Stressing the significance of equal and sustainable development in ASEAN, Son urged the grouping to further support disadvantaged areas, including the Mekong Sub-region, in its efforts to narrow the increasing development gap due to COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis should be integrated into the Initiative for ASEAN Integration (IAI) Work Plan IV,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Vietnam will make efforts to host the ASEAN forum on sub-regional cooperation: narrowing development gaps in sub-regions for comprehensive recovery and sustainable development, in the fourth quarter of this year, the minister said.<\/p>\n<p>The council highlighted the progress made in ASEAN Community building in all three pillars despite complex developments of COVID-19 in the region.<\/p>\n<p>The ministers affirmed their resolve to maintain the cooperation pace and approved many initiatives such as building the post-2025 ASEAN Community Vision, coping with COVID-19 and recovering the economy, improving the operational efficiency of the ASEAN apparatus, raising natural disaster response capacity, and optimizing opportunities presented by the Fourth Industrial Revolution.<\/p>\n<p>They pledged to closely coordinate to complete priorities and major results in 2021 and thoroughly prepare for the 38th and 39th ASEAN Summits in October.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the meeting, the ministers adopted several documents, including the Terms of Reference (TOR) of the High Level Task Force on the ASEAN Community Post-2025 Vision. The council also agreed on the appointment of Ekkaphab Phanthavong, a Lao national, as ASEAN Deputy Secretary General for the Socio-Cultural Community for 2021-2024.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n    !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n    {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n        n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n        if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n        n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n        t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n        'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n    fbq('init', '800789640666009');\n    fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/>https:\/\/report.az\/en\/other-countries\/minister-10-5m-earmarked-from-asean-covid-response-fund-should-be-used-to-buy-vaccines\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son suggested quickly spending $10.5 million earmarked from the ASEAN COVID-19 Response Fund to buy vaccines while speaking at the 29th ASEAN Coordinating Council Meeting, Report informs via VietnamNet. 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