After two-month delay, Vietnam all ready to host Asean Summit online


HANOI (dpa): South-East Asian leaders are to hold an online summit on Friday (June 26) to discuss the Covid-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, geopolitical tensions and the empowerment of women, Vietnam’s Foreign Ministry said.

The 36th Association of South-East Asian Nations (Asean) Summit was originally scheduled for April 6-9, but was delayed until June due to the coronavirus pandemic, deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Quoc Dung said in a press conference Tuesday (June 23).

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