International workshop discusses post-COVID-19 ASEAN
Scientists and experts from Vietnam, Cambodia, Singapore, India, and elsewhere joined a workshop entitled “The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) after the COVID-19 pandemic” in Hanoi on September 8.
Hanoi (VNA) - Scientists and experts from Vietnam,Cambodia, Singapore, India, and elsewhere joined a workshop entitled “TheAssociation of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) after the COVID-19 pandemic” inHanoi on September 8.
Participants focused discussions on a range of matters, including thepandemic in Southeast Asia and its impact, ASEAN’s response, changes in theregion’s political and security situation, and forecasts for post-COVID-19.
Speaking at the workshop, President of the Vietnam Academy of SocialSciences (VASS) Bui Nhat Quang cited a report of the ADB released in June whichsaid that Southeast Asia’s economy will contract 3 percent in 2020 due toimpacts of the pandemic.
Vo Xuan Vinh from the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISAS) at VASSsaid that ASEAN member states actively responded and linked together right fromthe beginning of the outbreak via the bloc’s medical emergency response systemand through information sharing, among others.
Vietnam is considered a success story in the fight against COVID-19,while ASEAN has basically brought the situation under control with highrecovery and low mortality rates, he added.
According to him, ASEAN economies were not as hard hit as other regions,so have a better chance of post-pandemic recovery.
He said that if the disease is controlled then regional socio-economicgrowth is expected to improve in 2021, with GDP to increase between 3 and 6.5percent.
A number of solutions were put forth at the workshop, including those onboosting the capacity to respond to COVID-19 and economic recovery./.
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