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Visit lays foundation for Vietnam, Singapore to become role models for Southeast Asia: expert

The State visit to Singapore by Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, with many agreements inked, has laid an important foundation for the two countries to develop and be more inter-connected to become role models for Southeast Asia, according to Assoc. Prof. Vu Minh Khuong.
Visit lays foundation for Vietnam, Singapore to become role models for Southeast Asia: expert ảnh 1Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc (first, left) and Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (first, right) witness the exchange of cooperation documents between the two countries on February 25. (Photo: VNA)
Singapore (VNA) – The Statevisit to Singapore by Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, with manyagreements inked, has laid an important foundation for the two countries todevelop and be more inter-connected to become role models for Southeast Asia,according to Assoc. Prof. Vu Minh Khuong.

Talking to the Vietnam News Agency,the expert from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy said the trip fromFebruary 24 to 26 reaped many special outcomes clearly reflecting the twopeoples’ wholeheartedness, mettle, and inter-connectivity in the trying times.

Vietnam and Singapore will take thenext steps, with the strategic trust to be built up intensively, to carry outbilateral cooperation, firstly the agreements on defence, trade, andinvestment, among others signed during the trip, he said, noting that 28businesses also inked many memoranda of understanding.

The deals signed this time serve as a cornerstone, not merely ordinary contracts, underwhich the two sides will seek ways to develop more strongly together andcoordinate better in the future, Khuong went on.

He held that through this visit,President Phuc wished to affirm that the foundation of a modern country istaking shape in Vietnam, and that Vietnam will work closely with Singapore tomake important strides in the time ahead.

The expert expressed his hope thatVietnam will make strong reforms in the coming time to govern the country morestrongly and deserve to be a modern nation./.
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