Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, left, and his staff prepare documents ahead of the Special Asean summit on Covid-19 in Hanoi, Vietnam on April 14, 2020. - AP
HANOI (Xinhua): Economic ministers of the 10 member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), China, Japan and South Korea on Thursday (June 4)reaffirmed the importance of open markets amid the Covid-19 pandemic and the need for efforts against the epidemic's adverse impact.
The economic ministers held an online meeting on Thursday, chaired by Vietnamese Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh, and adopted the Asean Plus Three Economic Ministers' Joint Statement on Mitigating the Economic Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic.
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