Asean tackles emergency virus fund, sea feud in video summit (update)

Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc addressing The 36th Asean summit video conference, in Hanoi attended by other leaders in the region. - Reuters

HANOI, June 27 (AP): South-East Asian leaders held their annual summit by video on Friday to show unity and discuss a regional emergency fund to respond to the immense crisis brought by the Covid-19 (coronavirus) pandemic.

Long-divisive South China Sea conflicts were also in the spotlight.