President’s Singapore visit helps realise foreign relations policy: official
The 3-day state visit that concluded on February 26 by President Nguyen Xuan Phuc to Singapore is a fine success that helps realise the policy of foreign relations set by the 13th National Party Congress of prioritising the comprehensive development of relations with neighbouring countries and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc (L) and his Singaporean host Halimah Yacob at their meeting on February 25 (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The 3-day state visit that concluded on February 26 by President Nguyen Xuan Phuc to Singapore is a fine success that helps realisethe policy of foreign relations set by the 13th National Party Congress of prioritising thecomprehensive development of relations with neighbouring countries and theAssociation of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
In an interview granted to the Vietnam News Agency on theoutcomes of the visit, Deputy Foreign Minister To Anh Dung also affirmed the triphelps push up Vietnam’s strategic partnership with Singapore, consolidateinternational partners and friends and people’s trust on the advocates,policies and development future of Vietnam; and create trust from and encouragementto Singaporean firms to do long-term business and to broaden their investmentin Vietnam.
Prominent among the outcomes of the visit are that the twosides agreed on major directions to further deepen bilateral relations andcooperation in all fields; it contributes greatly to the attraction ofresources to the economic recovery; it affirms that Vietnam and Singapore aretrustable strategic partners in various regional and international issues ofmutual concern; and it manifests the Party and State’s attention to thecommunity of the Vietnamese origin in Singapore in particular and in foreigncountries in general, Dung highlighted.
On how to realise the outcomes of the visit, the officialsaid efforts should be focused on the preparations for the holding of theactivities to mark the 50th anniversary of the bilateral diplomaticrelations and the 10 anniversary of the bilateral strategic partnership; thecoordination with Singaporean partners in accelerating the effective implementationof the agreements signed during the visit; and the active creation of favourableconditions and environment for attracting investment and trade from Singapore.
The Foreign Ministry will make preparations to provide a goodservice for the exchanges of high-level visits between the two countries andjoin hands with relevant ministries, authorities, localities and firms incooperating with Singapore, Deputy Minister Dung stressed./.
Saigon Telecom Technology Joint Stock Company (SAIGONTEL) of Vietnam and Aurous Capital Pte. Ltd of Singapore have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on investment cooperation in a 2.5-billion USD project to develop an industrial and urban complex in the northern province of Bac Giang.
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on February 26 received executives of leading Singaporean firms in different areas such as finance, infrastructure and energy.
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc had a meeting with staff members of the Vietnamese Embassy and representatives from the Vietnamese community in Singapore on February 26, as part of his State visit to the island state.
Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Duy Ngoc, member of the Party Central Committee and Deputy Minister of Public Security paid a courtesy call to Singapore’s Minister of State for Home Affairs Desmond Tan on February 25.
State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc arrived at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi on late February 26, wrapping up a State visit to Singapore at the invitation of his counterpart Halimah Yacob.
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President Nguyen Xuan Phuc (L) and his Singaporean host Halimah Yacob at their meeting on February 25 (Photo: VNA) 
