Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Minh Vu (L) and Permanent Secretary of the Foreign Ministry of Singapore Chee Wee Kiong (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - Deputy Foreign Minister NguyenMinh Vu held an online talk with Permanent Secretary of the Foreign Ministry of Singapore Chee Wee Kiong onSeptember 13 to discuss experience in response to COVID-19 pandemic and economicrecovery.
At the event, Vu thankedSingapore for offering timely support to Vietnam, especially essential medicalsupplies, considering it vivid evidence of the strategic partnership between the two countries.
He spoke highly of Singapore’ssuccess in curbing the pandemic, particularly vaccinating over 80 percent ofits population to facilitate economic opening and development.
The Vietnamese DeputyForeign Minister wished that Singapore would assist in or transfer vaccines toVietnam as soon as possible.
Chee Wee Kiong underscoredthe importance of close ties between the two foreign ministries to bolster the Singapore - Vietnam strategic partnership in various areas, including pandemicresponse, travelling facilitation, opening of the economy and prevention ofsupply chain disruption.
The two sides discussedSingapore’s experience in policy planning to control the pandemic soon, towardseconomic recovery and bringing the country to “new normal”.
Chee spoke highly of Vietnam’sefforts and believed that the country will put the pandemic under control, thusfacilitating the opening of the two economies and travelling for the twopeoples./.
