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Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on October 16 that the city-state’s economy will hopefully grow slightly in 2019.

Singapore and the US signed an agreement to strengthen cooperation in infrastructure finance and debt market development in Washington DC on October 16.

Singapore and China have signed nine agreements and Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) in various fields such as customs clearance, intellectual property management, education, innovation and communications, and smart city development.

Tourism products of Thua Thien-Hue province, Da Nang city and Quang Nam province in Vietnam’s central region were introduced in Singapore on October 15 under a programme on tourism connectivity between the three localities.

Singapore and Australia have recently started negotiations on a digital economy pact, announced Singaporean Minister for Trade and Industry Chan Chun Sing and Australian Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment Simon Birmingham on October 14.

Singapore on October 14 decided to ease monetary policy for the first time in more than three years as the national economy has narrowly avoided recession in the third quarter of 2019.

Singapore will become the first country in the world to ban advertisements of packaged drinks with very high sugar content, announced Senior Minister of State for Health Edwin Tong on October 10.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo will pay a visit to Singapore on October 8-9 and attend a Leaders’ Retreat with his Singaporean counterpart Lee Hsien Loong, the Singaporean Prime Minister’s Office has announced.

The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) has suspended the import of fresh quail eggs from Telic Farm in Malaysia after it detected residue of a drug called nicarbazin in the farm’s quail eggs.

The Asia Infrastructure Forum took place in Singapore on October 2 – 3.

Singapore's new law to combat the spread of fake news and online fraud came into force on October 2.

A free trade agreement (FTA) between Singapore and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) was signed by their leaders in Yerevan, capital of Armenia, on October 1.

Singapore has unveiled a new plan to guard against cyber-attacks that could threaten the country’s infrastructure such as power, water and transport networks.

Deputy Minister of Public Security Sen. Lieut. Gen Nguyen Van Thanh is leading a Vietnamese delegation to join the 4th Singapore International Cyber Week 2019 (SICW), which opened on October 1.