Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (R) and his Singaporean counterpart Lee Hsien Loong (Source: VNA) Singapore (VNA) – Vietnamese Ambassador toSingapore Tao Thi Thanh Huong has highlighted the significance of the upcoming Singaporevisit by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties (August 1) and the fifth anniversaryof bilateral strategic partnership (September 1).
Huong said the April 25-28 visit, the first by PM NguyenXuan Phuc, reiterates the Vietnamese government’s policy of valuing the strategicpartnership with Singapore and strengthening trust in bilateral ties. Duringthe visit, the two sides will discuss new orientations and approaches with aview to making breakthroughs in their relationship as well as enhancingcoordination in regional and global issues of shared concern.
While in Singapore, the Vietnamese PM will also attend the32nd ASEAN Summit, proving Vietnam’s strong support for the hostcountry in its capacity as ASEAN Chair to promote the bloc’s solidarity, unityand maintain ASEAN’s central role in an open, transparent and rule-basedregional architecture.
According to the ambassador, bilateral links have grownstrongly and effectively via the Party, National Assembly and Governmentchannels and people-to-people exchange. Both sides actively worked to developstrategic partnership across politics, economy, national defence-security,education-training, and culture.
Vietnam and Singapore have maintained the regular exchangeof delegations and exchanges at all levels, worked closely together at regionaland global forums, making active contributions to promoting regionalconnectivity, narrowing development gap, improving capacity to effectively andpromptly cope with emerging challenges for the sake of peace, stability andprosperity in the region.
The two countries also coordinate in ASEAN to increasingly enhancetheir roles and stature in the bloc and the world, contributing to maintainingASEAN’s central role in the regional security architecture.
Singapore is now the largest ASEAN investor and the third worldlargest in Vietnam with nearly 2,000 projects worth nearly 42 billion USD. Thecountry has so far invested in 46 out of 63 Vietnamese cities and provinces, contributingto socio-economic development in disadvantaged localities.
The Vietnam – Singapore Industrial Parks invested bySingapore’s Sembcorp have become a symbol of the successful andmutually-beneficially collaboration between the two countries over the past twodecades.
In trade, Singapore is Vietnam’s second largest tradepartner in ASEAN and the sixth largest globally. Two-way trade rose by 8.9percent annually last year to roughly 17 billion USD.
National defence-security ties have been expanded,particularly in the exchange of naval vessels, anti-terrorism and cybersecurity.
Links across education-training, tourism, labour, cultureand people-to-people exchange have also developed, helping raise mutualunderstanding between the two peoples.
Ambassador Huong suggested enhancing partnership infinance-banking, high technology, digital technology, urban development andservices.
In order to achieve balanced trade, she urged Singapore tomake it easier for Vietnamese goods to enter the country, especially agro-forestry-aquaticproducts, processed food, leather and footwear, wooden furniture andconstruction materials.
Vietnam encourages Singapore investment in infrastructure,garbage treatment, water resources management, environment, renewable energy,liquefied gas and smart grid, she said.
She proposed increasing training coordination to improveskills of Vietnamese workers, expanding cruise tourism and aviation cooperationby launching direct flights to Vietnam’s popular destinations.
The Vietnamese Embassy in Singapore commits itself towork closely with the two countries’ departments and agencies to best preparefor the 45th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties and the fifthanniversary of bilateral strategic partnership in the two countries, as well astrade promotion programmes to lift bilateral ties to a greater height, she said.-VNA
Huong said the April 25-28 visit, the first by PM NguyenXuan Phuc, reiterates the Vietnamese government’s policy of valuing the strategicpartnership with Singapore and strengthening trust in bilateral ties. Duringthe visit, the two sides will discuss new orientations and approaches with aview to making breakthroughs in their relationship as well as enhancingcoordination in regional and global issues of shared concern.
While in Singapore, the Vietnamese PM will also attend the32nd ASEAN Summit, proving Vietnam’s strong support for the hostcountry in its capacity as ASEAN Chair to promote the bloc’s solidarity, unityand maintain ASEAN’s central role in an open, transparent and rule-basedregional architecture.
According to the ambassador, bilateral links have grownstrongly and effectively via the Party, National Assembly and Governmentchannels and people-to-people exchange. Both sides actively worked to developstrategic partnership across politics, economy, national defence-security,education-training, and culture.
Vietnam and Singapore have maintained the regular exchangeof delegations and exchanges at all levels, worked closely together at regionaland global forums, making active contributions to promoting regionalconnectivity, narrowing development gap, improving capacity to effectively andpromptly cope with emerging challenges for the sake of peace, stability andprosperity in the region.
The two countries also coordinate in ASEAN to increasingly enhancetheir roles and stature in the bloc and the world, contributing to maintainingASEAN’s central role in the regional security architecture.
Singapore is now the largest ASEAN investor and the third worldlargest in Vietnam with nearly 2,000 projects worth nearly 42 billion USD. Thecountry has so far invested in 46 out of 63 Vietnamese cities and provinces, contributingto socio-economic development in disadvantaged localities.
The Vietnam – Singapore Industrial Parks invested bySingapore’s Sembcorp have become a symbol of the successful andmutually-beneficially collaboration between the two countries over the past twodecades.
In trade, Singapore is Vietnam’s second largest tradepartner in ASEAN and the sixth largest globally. Two-way trade rose by 8.9percent annually last year to roughly 17 billion USD.
National defence-security ties have been expanded,particularly in the exchange of naval vessels, anti-terrorism and cybersecurity.
Links across education-training, tourism, labour, cultureand people-to-people exchange have also developed, helping raise mutualunderstanding between the two peoples.
Ambassador Huong suggested enhancing partnership infinance-banking, high technology, digital technology, urban development andservices.
In order to achieve balanced trade, she urged Singapore tomake it easier for Vietnamese goods to enter the country, especially agro-forestry-aquaticproducts, processed food, leather and footwear, wooden furniture andconstruction materials.
Vietnam encourages Singapore investment in infrastructure,garbage treatment, water resources management, environment, renewable energy,liquefied gas and smart grid, she said.
She proposed increasing training coordination to improveskills of Vietnamese workers, expanding cruise tourism and aviation cooperationby launching direct flights to Vietnam’s popular destinations.
The Vietnamese Embassy in Singapore commits itself towork closely with the two countries’ departments and agencies to best preparefor the 45th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties and the fifthanniversary of bilateral strategic partnership in the two countries, as well astrade promotion programmes to lift bilateral ties to a greater height, she said.-VNA
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