The fifth regular Political Consultative Conference between foreign ministries of Vietnam and Singapore was held in Hanoi on June 18.

At the conference, held under the co-chairmanship of Vietnamese Deputy Minister Dao Viet Trung and the Singaporean Foreign Ministry’s Permanent Secretary Peter Ho, both sides expressed their pleasures at the rapid and strong development of friendship and comprehensive cooperation between the two countries, especially in politics, economy, trade, investment, education, culture and tourism.

They discussed measures to boost relations between the two countries in future, including preparations for reciprocal high-level visits in the second half of this year.

Aside from bilateral issues, the two sides also exchanged views on regional and international matters of mutual concern, especially those under the framework of ASEAN, including Vietnam ’s assumption of the ASEAN presidency in 2010.

They agreed to continue to bolster cooperation between the two foreign ministries and plan to hold their first exchange in Hanoi later this year./.