Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Chairman of ASEAN 2020, delivers a speech at the opening ceremony of Special ASEAN Summit on COVID-19 (Photo: VNA)

The videoconference holds a special significance in the context that the pandemic is spreading throughout the region and the globe. (Photo: VNA)

ASEAN member countries are struggling to prevent Covid-19 from negatively affecting the lives of the people and the socio-economic development, especially the service sector which accounts for 30 percent of the bloc's GDP (Photo: VNA)

In this difficult time, the ASEAN Community is demonstrating its solidarity and mutual assistance, standing shoulder to shoulder to overcome hardships. (Photo: VNA)

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte delivers a speech at the summit (Photo: VNA)

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong delivers a speech at the summit (Photo: VNA)

Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha delivers a speech at the summit(Photo: VNA)

Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah delivers a speech at the summit (Photo: VNA)

Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen delivers a speech at the summit (Photo: VNA)

Indonesian President Joko Widodo delivers a speech at the summit (Photo: VNA)

Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith delivers a speech at the summit (Photo: VNA)

Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi delivers a speech at the summit (Photo: VNA)

Malaysia Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin delivers a speech at the summit (Photo: VNA)