VietNamNet Bridge – Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong received visiting Singaporean President Tony Tan Keng Yam in Hanoi on Apr. 24.

Nation relishes comprehensive co-operation with Singapore


Singaporean President begins Vietnam visit

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and Singaporean President Tony Tan Keng Yam. (Source: VNA)
The General Secretary thanked the Singaporean President for selecting Vietnam as the first country to visit after beginning his term of office, describing the visit as a vivid symbol of friendship, trust and cooperation between the two countries.
He congratulated Singapore on its socio-economic development achievements and affirmed Vietnam’s policy to attach importance to developing friendship and cooperation with Singapore .

The Vietnamese leader expressed his determination to join with Singapore to boost comprehensive cooperation, focusing on economic trade, national defence and security, education and training, oil and gas, and justice, as well as to coordinate at multilateral forums, including ASEAN and the UN, for mutual benefits and for peace, stability and development in the region and the world.

For his part, President Tony Tan Keng Yam stated Singapore’s policy of enhancing cooperation with Vietnam and being ready to share experience with Vietnam in investment, trade, urban infrastructure, seaports and human resource training.

He said that Vietnam’s achievements under the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam in recent years elevate Vietnam to an important role in the region and in the world.

He expressed his belief that Vietnam would continue to gain greater socio-economic development achievements, to become an industrialised country by 2020.


PM welcomes Singaporean President

Vietnam has always had a policy of cooperating with Singapore to further bilateral relations between the two countries, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has said.

Dung stated this while receiving visiting Singaporean President Tony Tan Keng Yam in Hanoi on Apr. 23, saying that the visit is an important milestone in the development of the friendship and multifaceted cooperation between both countries.

The Prime Minister said there is huge potential for closer cooperation between the two countries. Especially, both are very similar and can support each other during cooperation and development for their mutual benefit.
He said he expects both countries to make more effort to strengthen cooperation in every field, including implementing the Vietnam- Singapore Agreement on Economy Connectivity.

In addition to trade and investment, Dung said that both countries should enhance ties in education and training, security and national defence, support each other at regional and international forums and liaise closely during the negotiations for the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement.

He also suggested stepping up the exchange of delegations at all levels as well as holding more meetings to enhance solidarity, friendship and mutual understanding.

Meanwhile, the Singaporean president said his visit is to further multifaceted cooperation with Vietnam , especially in economics, trade, investment and education and training.

Singapore always attaches importance to cooperating with Vietnam and hopes that relations between both countries will be raised to a higher level of development for the benefit of both peoples, said President Yam.

As Singaporean investors see Vietnam as an attractive investment destination, the President said he hopes that the Vietnamese government will create the best possible conditions for them to do business in Vietnam .

The two leaders agreed that Vietnam and Singapore ’s discussions to lift bilateral relations to a new height will bring about many practical benefits for both countries.

President Yam confirmed that Singapore is keen on closer cooperation with Vietnam and other ASEAN countries to keep the East Sea peaceful and stable while ensuring maritime freedom and for disputes in the East Sea to be resolved by peaceful methods.


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