Party General Secretary hosts Singapore’s Prime Minister

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Nguyen Phu Trong spoke highly of the cooperation between the CPV and the People’s Action Party of Singapore.
Party General Secretary hosts Singapore’s Prime Minister ảnh 1General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong (R) receives Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. (Source: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam(CPV) Nguyen Phu Trong spoke highly of the cooperation between the CPV andthe People’s Action Party of Singapore.

Meeting Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in Hanoi on March 23, heexpressed his hope that the two parties will continue working closely through visitsand experience sharing.

The Party chief was delighted with the two countries’ productive and trustworthycooperation and suggested Singapore share more experience, support businesses totap the respective cooperative potentials, promote people-to-people exchange,and collaborate well at regional and international forums, particularly inASEAN.

The two countries should continue focusing on deploying agreed contents of thestrategic partnership to make their cooperation practical, he said.

He highly valued the Singaporean Government’s assistance in human resourcestraining and development.

PM Lee briefed his host of the productive outcomes of his talks with PrimeMinister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and stated that the Singaporean Government always treasuresbolstering multi-dimensional cooperation with Vietnam.

The visiting leader also noted that Singapore attaches importance to promotingits strategic partnership with Vietnam and is willing to share its experiencein fields of its strength.

He also affirmed that Singapore will continue working together with Vietnam inimplementing the ASEAN Community as well as at regional and internationalforums.

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his spouse are on an official visit toVietnam at the invitation of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc from March 21-24.

PM Lee held talkswith PM Phuc and met with President Tran Dai Quang earlier on the day.-VNA
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