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Vietnam, Singapore bolster relations

Nguyen Van Chi, Politburo member and Party Central Committee Secretary received visiting Singaporean Foreign Minister George Yeo in Hanoi on July 23.
Nguyen Van Chi, Politburo member and Party Central Committee Secretaryreceived visiting Singaporean Foreign Minister George Yeo in Hanoion July 23.

Chi congratulated the Singaporean Government and people for quickly overcoming the economic crisis with a strong recovery.

Heexpressed his pleasure at the recent expansion of friendship andmultifaceted cooperation between the two countries and affirmed that FMGeorge Yeo’s participation at the freshly-ended 43rd ASEAN MinisterialMeeting (AMM 43) was a great contribution to the success of the event.

Heexpressed his belief that Singapore would continue to activelysupport Vietnam to fulfil the role of ASEAN Chair in 2010 andthanked the Singaporean Government and Foreign Ministry for helping withhuman resources training for the Communist Party of Vietnam.

FMGeorge Yeo spoke about Singapore ’s experiences in nationalconstruction and management, highlighting Singapore ’s policy onboosting cooperation with Vietnam , especially in investment, trade,tourism and human resource training.

He shared his joy at thefriendship between the People’s Action Party of Singapore and theCommunist Party of Vietnam and expressed his wish that ties between thetwo Parties would develop further./.
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