South Korean President Moon Jae In, left, speaks during a summit between South Korea and five Southeast Asian nations along the Mekong River -- Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam -- via video links at the presidential office today. South Korean President Moon Jae In on Friday held a summit with leaders of Southeast Asia's Mekong River nations via video links, in which he promised to contribute US$10 million to help provide new coronavirus vaccines to developing nations. "We will contribute US$10 million for coronavirus vaccine support to developing countries through the COVID-19 Vaccines Advance Market Commitment (COVAX)," Moon said during his second annual summit with leaders of the five Mekong River nations -- Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos and Thailand. COVAX is a multilateral platform designed to fund coronavirus vaccine distribution to developing countries.

Source: The Standard November 13, 2020 06:56 UTC