China to give Mekong River countries priority to Covid-19 vaccines: China Daily

Premier Li Keqiang speaks via video link at the third Lancang-Mekong Cooperation leaders' meeting in Beijing, China on Aug 24, 2020. - Xinhua

BEIJING (China Daily/ANN):- When Premier Li Keqiang said on Monday (Aug 24) at the third Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Leaders' Meeting that China will give priority to providing Covid-19 vaccines to the Mekong River countries -- Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam -- and share hydrological information with them, he was driving home the message that China will do its utmost to help these countries better cope with shared challenges.

For thousands of years, the 4,909-km river, called the Lancang in China, has borne testimony to the thriving cultural, trade and human ties in the region.