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.

Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has proposed four main measures named “Four S” strategy for COVID-19 fight while addressing the Ministerial Video-Conference of the Alliance for Multilateralism on COVID-19 on Thursday.