Economic ministers from ASEAN member nations convened an online meeting on June 4 to implement instructions from ASEAN leaders made at the Special ASEAN Summit on COVID-19 on April 14 and have adopted the Ha Noi Action Plan to beef up economic linkages and supply chains within the bloc amidst the complicated Covid-19 pandemic.

The ASEAN Economic Ministers on March 11 agreed to issue a joint statement on strengthening the ASEAN's Economic Resilience in response to the outbreak of COVID-19 at the 26th ASEAN Economic Ministers’ Retreat in the central city of Da Nang.