The EU said that provided 33 million doses of Vaccine Covid-19 for Southeast Asia and will continue to provide the region.

The statement was made in the ASEAN - EU Foreign Ministers Conference, when the European Union representative (EU) contributed more than three billion euros through the Covax mechanism to support Covid-19 Vaccine for collecting countries

ASEAN countries also appreciate the EU implementing the European team program (Team Europe) worth 800 million euros, supporting ASEAN against epidemics and programs ready to respond pandemic in Southeast Asia worth 20 million euros at

ASEAN suggested that the EU continues to support the Covid-19 prevention initiatives of the Block as well as coordinating to ensure access, supply, research and development of safe, uniform and effective vaccines.

The ASEAN Foreign Minister - EU online conference on August 6.

Speaking at the conference, Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son also asked the EU to support ASEAN to access vaccines in time and complete, considering the transfer of production of vaccines and raising self-cultivation and self-cultivating vaccines in the region

On behalf of ASEAN, as a relational coordination country, Singapore's Foreign Minister affirmed that the EU is always an important partner of ASEAN and welcomes positive progress in cooperating both sides last time.

The EU is the second largest investor in ASEAN with a total capital of US $ 7.6 billion and a commercial partner of ASEAN with a total turnover of USD 258 billion in 2020.