MoU on Vietnam-Singapore cooperation centre to be signed
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh is set to represent the Vietnamese Government in signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the operation principles of the Vietnam-Singapore cooperation centre.
Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy PrimeMinister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh is set to represent the VietnameseGovernment in signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the operationprinciples of the Vietnam-Singapore cooperation centre.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved thedraft document and assigned Deputy PM Minh to sign the MoU with arepresentative of the Singaporean Government.
Minh is on an official visit to Singapore fromJuly 30 to 31, which is expected to deepen the cooperative and strategicpartnership between the two countries.
The countries founded diplomatic ties on August1, 1973 and set up a strategic partnership in September 2013 during SingaporeanPM Lee Hsien Loong’s official visit to Vietnam.
They have actively worked to realise thestrategic partnership and obtained substantive outcomes in all fields, frompolitics, security and defence, and economy, to education and training, culture,and people-to-people exchange.
In politics, they have regularly organisedmutual visits and meetings at all levels. Their leaders have close relationswhich have been maintained through high-ranking visits and meetings atmultilateral forums.
Meanwhile, economic, trade, and investment tieshave developed continually over the past few years.
Singapore has been one of Vietnam’s biggesttrade partners since 1996, ranking second amongst ASEAN and eighth in terms ofglobal trade partners. Bilateral trade last year rose by 8.9 percent from 2016to reach 8.3 billion USD.
Direct investment from Singapore into Vietnamhas also been on the rise. The former is now the biggest ASEAN and the thirdlargest international investors in the latter. As of the end of last May,Singapore had 2,048 investment projects worth 43.53 billion USD in Vietnam.Their businesses have been present in 48 of the 63 provinces and cities ofVietnam. –VNA
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Chief Justice Nguyen Hoa Binh of the Supreme People’s Court of Vietnam and his Singaporean counterpart Sundaresh Menon have agreed to intensify judicial cooperation between Vietnam and Singpore.
There is substantial room for Vietnam and Singapore to further develop their strategic partnership, according to Vietnamese Ambassador to Singapore Tao Thi Thanh Huong.
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In an interview with Korean media on the occasion of Party General Secretary To Lam’s state visit to the RoK, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son affirmed that the visit demonstrates Vietnam’s strong resolve to further deepen the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with the RoK, with the aim of fostering greater political trust, closer strategic coordination, more substantive and comprehensive cooperation, and stronger bonds of friendship between the two countries' people.
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Party General Secretary To Lam and his spouse Ngo Phuong Ly, along with a high-ranking delegation of Vietnam arrived in Seongnam Air Base in Seoul on August 10 afternoon (local time), beginning a state visit to the Republic of Korea from August 10-13.
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee To Lam and his spouse Ngo Phuong Ly departed from Hanoi on August 10 morning for a four-day state visit to the Republic of Korea (RoK), which is made at an invitation of RoK President Lee Jae Myung.
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State President Luong Cuong’s trip once again reaffirmed the Party and State’s foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, diversification and multilateralisation of relations. It also reflected the strong trend of enhanced cooperation among countries of the Global South in shaping a new, more multipolar, fair and equitable world order.
The outcomes of Party General Secretary To Lam's visit will serve as a driving force and source of inspiration for the two countries to inherit, promote, and elevate their Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, contributing to the national construction and development cause in each country, and to peace, cooperation, and development in the region and the world.
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Across print, broadcast, and online platforms, Angolan media portrayed State President Luong Cuong's visit as a warm and historic occasion, strengthening bilateral ties and boosting Vietnam’s presence in Africa through the AU.
The 500kV Lao Cai – Vinh Yen power transmission line has a total investment of over 7.41 trillion VND (282.5 million USD), and a total length of 229.5 km, passing through 31 communes in the two provinces, and comprising 468 transmission tower foundations.
The visits reflected the elevated position of Vietnam’s foreign policy in the new era—aimed at not only advancing ties with key regional partners like Egypt and Angola but also delivering a strategic message about Vietnam’s commitment to deepening relations with African nations as a whole.
At their talks and meetings, President Cuong and Angola’s top leaders affirmed that the close brotherhood and traditional friendship are a valuable shared asset and a solid foundation for the two nations to advance into a new phase of development.
The ruling People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) attaches great importance to the friendship, solidarity, and comradeship with the Communist Party of Vietnam, and voiced her Party’s wish to further deepen and expand relations between the two sides for the benefit of the Vietnamese and Angolan people.
Vietnam pledges to do its utmost to build an ASEAN of solidarity, consensus, and unity in diversity, and to foster a fast and sustainable development path for ASEAN, grounded in science, technology, and innovation, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.
Party General Secretary To Lam called on the criminal police force to accelerate the application of science, technology, artificial intelligence, and digital transformation in criminal investigation tasks such as crime prevention, detection, tracking and verification, ensuring that no area remains out of their reach.
Many Koreans living, studying, and working in Hanoi see the upcoming state visit to the Republic of Korea (RoK) by Party General Secretary To Lam as an opportunity to generate strong synergy in economic cooperation, people-to-people exchanges, and cultural understanding.
