Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh meets with Singaporean Deputy PM
Singapore (VNA) – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met with Singaporean Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong on February 10 as part
of his official visit to Singapore.
The Vietnamese leader congratulated Wong on becoming the leader of the People's Action Party (PAP) fourth-generation (4G) team, expressing a hope
that Wong will always support and promote Vietnam-Singapore
cooperation in various fields, from politics, security – defence to economy,
trade, investment, and people-to-people exchange.
He suggested the two sides boost all-level visits to implement high-level
agreements, continue to promote economic connectivity to a new level, share experience
in digital transformation, enhance cooperation in green transition and green
energy, and prioritise cooperation in human resource training, science and
technology, and innovation.
For his part, Wong affirmed that Vietnam is an important partner of Singapore,
stressing that important cooperation agreements reached between the two sides during PM Chinh's visit will create
a motivation to further expand cooperation in key areas such as digital
economy, digital transformation and energy transformation.
Wong, who is also Minister of Finance, said on the basis of the
traditional relationship and high trust, as the leader of the PAP 4G team, he will
do his utmost to contribute to the strategic partnership between the two
countries.
He wished the two countries will strengthen people-to-people exchange, and tourism
and cultural cooperation.
The two leaders agreed that the two sides should discuss and strengthen the
cooperation mechanism between their governments to review and propose specific
measures to more effectively implement agreements reached./.