Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Nguyen Sinh Hung has called forcloser wide-ranging links with Singapore, especially between the twolegislatures, on the basis of the recently-launched strategicpartnership.

Greeting visiting Singaporean Prime Minister LeeHsien Loong in Hanoi on September 12, Chairman Hung suggested thetwo legislative bodies facilitate visits as well as share informationand professional expertise.
 
In his opinion, both sides shouldwork closely together at regional and global inter-parliamentary forums,especially the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly and the WorldParliamentary Union.

He proposed signing a cooperationagreement between the two legislatures and establishingVietnam-Singapore and Singapore-Vietnam Friendly Parliamentarians’Groups in the time to come.

Singapore is a strategicpartner that Vietnam treasures and wishes to push forward bilateralties with, the legislator noted.

Hailing Singapore as oneof Vietnam’s top trade and investment partners, the host called forbilateral solidarity and unanimity to maintain ASEAN’s central role inan evolving regional architecture, towards building a united and strongASEAN community by 2015.

Lee Hsien Loong lauded the recentupgrade of bilateral ties to a strategic partnership level during hisvisit, which according to him will propel their ties to a new height.

He also expressed his desire that the two nations will workclosely at regional and global forums as well as within thetrans-Pacific framework.

He said the exchange of visits andexperiences by legislators from both nations will help improve thecooperation efficiency between their respective governments.

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong arrived in Hanoi on September 11 for a three-day officialvisit to Vietnam at the invitation of Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.-VNA