Deputy PM Pham Binh Minh on official visit to Singapore

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh (L) is welcomed by Singaporean Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan on July 31 (Photo: VNA)

Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and Singaporean Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan hold talks on July 31 (Photo: VNA)

Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has a meeting with Singaporean President Halimah Yacob on July 31 (Photo: VNA)

The visit is made when the two countries are celebating 45 years of diplomatic ties (August 1) (Photo: VNA)

Singaporean PM Lee Hsien Loong (R) welcomes Deputy PM Pham Binh Minh on July 31 (Photo: VNA)

Singapore has become Vietnam’s most important economic partner in ASEAN with more than 2,000 investment projects worth 43 billion USD and two-way trade reaching 8.3 billion USD in 2017 (Photo: VNA)

The Vietnamese delegation pays respect to late President Ho Chi Minh at his statue at the Asian Civilisations Museum of Singapore (Photo: VNA)