viewModelScope is from Android KTX :

Use Kotlin coroutines with Architecture components

And its:

val ViewModel.viewModelScope: CoroutineScope
        get() {
            val scope: CoroutineScope? = this.getTag(JOB_KEY)
            if (scope != null) {
                return scope
            }
            return setTagIfAbsent(JOB_KEY,
                CloseableCoroutineScope(SupervisorJob() + Dispatchers.Main))
        }