Singapore’s 53rd National Day observed in HCM City

A get-together to mark the 53rd anniversary of Singapore’s National Day (August 9) was jointly held by the Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organisations (HUFO) and the city’s Vietnam-Singapore Friendship Association (VSFA) on August 8.
Singapore’s 53rd National Day observed in HCM City ảnh 1Singaporean Consul General Leow Siu Lin speaks at the event. (Photo: VNA)

HCM City (VNA) – A get-together to mark the 53rd anniversary of Singapore’s National Day (August 9) was jointly held by the HoChi Minh City Union of Friendship Organisations (HUFO) and the city’s Vietnam-SingaporeFriendship Association (VSFA) on August 8.

Congratulating Singapore on the day, Chairman of HCM City’s VSFA Nguyen NgocHoa expressed his delight over the fruitful Vietnam-Singapore cooperativerelations in various fields, which have been consolidated through regular visitsof both sides’ high-level leaders, and meetings on the sidelines ofmultilateral forums.

Two-way trade rose nearly 9 percent year on year to 21.6 billion USD in 2017.Singapore is the third largest investor in Vietnam with over 1,800 projectsregistered at 43 billion USD. Meanwhile, seven Vietnam-Singapore IndustrialParks nationwide have attracted some 10.9 billion USD, and created over 170,000jobs for local labourers.

On the occasion, Hoa called for further support from the Singaporean GeneralConsulate, the Singaporean business association, and the Singaporean community inthe city to enhance people-to-people exchange as well as collaboration inculture, sports, and tourism.

Singaporean Consul General Leow Siu Lin expressed her respect for thecooperation from the HUFO and the VSFA in Ho Chi Minh City, which she saidcontributed significantly to fortifying the close relations between Singaporeanpeople and Ho Chi Minh City’s locals.

Regarding the bilateral ties in the past years, she stressed that bothcountries have gained positive results in cooperation across the fields ofeconomy, trade, investment, tourism, and education and training.

Since 1992, over 18,000 Vietnamese officials, including many from Ho Chi MinhCity, have joined training courses in Singapore under the Singapore CooperationProgramme (SCP). Such cooperative activities have helped nurture the soundrelations and friendship between the two peoples, she said.-VNA
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