PM Chinh’s Singapore, Brunei visits look toward cohesive ASEAN

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s upcoming official visits to Singapore and Brunei carry the message of joining hands for a cohesive ASEAN and a peaceful, stable, and prosperous Southeast Asia, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Do Hung Viet has affirmed.
PM Chinh’s Singapore, Brunei visits look toward cohesive ASEAN ảnh 1Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Pham MinhChinh’s upcoming official visits to Singapore and Brunei carry the message of joininghands for a cohesive ASEAN and a peaceful, stable, and prosperous SoutheastAsia, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Do Hung Viet has affirmed.

In an interview with the press ahead of the PM’s trip from February 8-11, Viet stressed that the relations between Vietnam and thetwo countries are based on a lot of similarities in politics, economy, culture, and people-to-people exchange.

The trip is of great significance, he said, notingthat this is the first by Chinh in his new position that aims to manifest theconsistent policy of prioritising relations with neighbouring countries andASEAN, as set at the 13th National Party Congress.

He added that this is also the first official visit by a leader of theVietnamese Government to Singapore over the past five years, and to Brunei overthe past nearly 16 years.

Therefore, the visits are expected to deepen thestrategic partnership with Singapore, an important economic partner ofVietnam, and the comprehensive partnership with Brunei, also a promising economicpartner, according to the official.

For Singapore, the visit will open up a series ofevents celebrating the 50th anniversary of the bilateral diplomatic ties,and the 10th anniversary of the strategic partnership, he said.

According to Viet, PM Chinh and high-ranking leaders of Singaporeand Brunei are scheduled to discuss and reach agreement on many orientations and measures, includingnew breakthroughs, to deepen relations across spheres, particularly in the economy, trade, investment, security, national defence, education and training, andscience and technology. The visits should contribute to expanding cooperation in new fields like innovation,digital economy, green economy, sustainable development, and clean energy.

Vietnamese ministries, agencies, and localities arealso expected to sign important cooperation documents with partners from the twocountries on this occasion, notably a governmental-level memorandum ofunderstanding on the establishment of a digital economy and green economypartnership between Vietnam and Singapore, and an action plan implementing theVietnam-Brunei comprehensive partnership for 2023-2027.

There will also be cooperation activities betweenministries, agencies, and localities in education and training, national defence and security, urban infrastructure development, maritime and seaports.

Various trade and investment promotion activities with the participation of leadinggroups from Singapore, Brunei, and others, Viet said, adding that PM Chinh will chair business forums, and meetrepresentatives from many big groups and businesses, including meetings with investmentfunds, banks and financial groups of Singapore and other countries, and majorenergy firms of Brunei.

The Deputy FM expressed his belief that the visits will be asuccess, contributing to pushing the Vietnam-Singapore strategic partnershipand the Vietnam-Brunei comprehensive partnership, helping to strengthen thesolidarity within ASEAN, and for peace, stability, cooperation, and the developmentin the region and the world./.
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