Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung affirmed that Vietnam wishes to continue boostingits close and sustainable cooperation in the long term with Singapore.
The PM made the statement during the talks held with his Singaporeancounterpart Lee Hsien Loong in the capital city of Hanoi on January 12 followingan official welcome ceremony at the Presidential Palace.
For his part,Lee stressed that Singapore always attaches great importance to strengtheningand developing friendly and comprehensive cooperation with Vietnam .
Thetwo PMs expressed their joy at the fast and positive developments in thebilateral ties, especially in politics, economics, trade, investment,education-training, tourism, finance, transport and communications. They agreedto go on expanding the Vietnam-Singapore Connectivity Framework Agreement, whichcame into effect five years ago, to new fields such as construction and urbanplanning.
Dung spoke highly of Singapore ’s efforts to become one ofVietnam ’s leading trade and investment partners. He asked Lee to continueencouraging Singaporean businesses to speed up investment projects in Vietnamand proceed with a model calling for investment from a third country into bothcountries.
The Vietnamese PM lauded the performance of Vietnam-Singaporeindustrial parks and regarded them as a symbol of successful cooperation betweenthe two countries.
The two PMs discussed ways to intensify bilateralties in trade, education-training, tourism, culture, transport-communicationsand national defence; and to boost exchanges of the peoples, especially amongyoungsters and students.
Regarding international issues, the two PMssaid Vietnam and Singapore reached a consensus to maintain their close relationsin the framework of regional and international forums, namely ASEAN, APEC, ASEMand UN.
Lee congratulated Vietnam on taking the chair of ASEAN this yearand vowed to support Vietnam in this task.
After the talks, Dung and Leewitnessed a ceremony to grant a working licence in Vietnam to the DevelopmentBank of Singapore (DBS) and the singing of cooperation agreements between thetwo countries’ businesses.
Later on the same day, Dung and his wife hold abanquet for Lee and his delegation who will conclude their official visit toVietnam on January 15./.
The PM made the statement during the talks held with his Singaporeancounterpart Lee Hsien Loong in the capital city of Hanoi on January 12 followingan official welcome ceremony at the Presidential Palace.
For his part,Lee stressed that Singapore always attaches great importance to strengtheningand developing friendly and comprehensive cooperation with Vietnam .
Thetwo PMs expressed their joy at the fast and positive developments in thebilateral ties, especially in politics, economics, trade, investment,education-training, tourism, finance, transport and communications. They agreedto go on expanding the Vietnam-Singapore Connectivity Framework Agreement, whichcame into effect five years ago, to new fields such as construction and urbanplanning.
Dung spoke highly of Singapore ’s efforts to become one ofVietnam ’s leading trade and investment partners. He asked Lee to continueencouraging Singaporean businesses to speed up investment projects in Vietnamand proceed with a model calling for investment from a third country into bothcountries.
The Vietnamese PM lauded the performance of Vietnam-Singaporeindustrial parks and regarded them as a symbol of successful cooperation betweenthe two countries.
The two PMs discussed ways to intensify bilateralties in trade, education-training, tourism, culture, transport-communicationsand national defence; and to boost exchanges of the peoples, especially amongyoungsters and students.
Regarding international issues, the two PMssaid Vietnam and Singapore reached a consensus to maintain their close relationsin the framework of regional and international forums, namely ASEAN, APEC, ASEMand UN.
Lee congratulated Vietnam on taking the chair of ASEAN this yearand vowed to support Vietnam in this task.
After the talks, Dung and Leewitnessed a ceremony to grant a working licence in Vietnam to the DevelopmentBank of Singapore (DBS) and the singing of cooperation agreements between thetwo countries’ businesses.
Later on the same day, Dung and his wife hold abanquet for Lee and his delegation who will conclude their official visit toVietnam on January 15./.
