Deputy Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung and Second Permanent Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Singapore Chee Wee Kiong chaired the ninth political consultation in Ha Noi on August 17.

Second Permanent Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Singapore Chee Wee Kiong (left) and Deputy PM Pham Binh Minh (Source: VNA)

Both sides expressed their satisfaction with the implementation of contents in the bilateral strategic partnership, ranging from politics to economics-trade-investment, national defence-security, education, aviation connectivity, transport, people-to-people exchange, as well as region and global issues.

They agreed to facilitate visits across the State, Government, National Assembly, Party levels and people-to-people exchange, continue linking up the two economies by encouraging investment and trade in the fields of infrastructure, seaport and equitisation of State-owned enterprises.

Both host and guest consented to pushing educational cooperation forward by providing more Singapore’s scholarships and short-term training courses for Vietnamese Government and Party officials.

Chee Wee Kiong confirmed Singapore’s all possible support to Vietnamese citizens entering the country in line with immigration regulations.

(Source: VNA)