It was a pleasure to host the Secretary General to ASEAN, His Excellency Dr Kao Kim Hourn at the Foreign Office this evening at a reception on science, technology and global health. During my speech I announced £33m of new investment through the UK Vaccine Network to support four vaccine manufacturing research hub partnerships including one focused on South East Asia. Measures we are taking, including this announcement will help our countries tackle future pandemics, boost research into vaccines and reduce deaths from infectious diseases. I'm delighted that the UK's partnership with ASEAN is going from strength to strength.