Singaporean President Halimah Yacob (left) and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh. (Photo: VNA)At the meeting, PM Chinh asked the two sides to coordinateeffectively in implementing the documents just signed during the visit,contributing to promoting bilateral cooperation in such fields as renewableenergy, cybersecurity, environment, education-training, human resources development,digital economy, digital transformation, innovation and green economy.
He suggested the two countries work to develop a Digital Economy- Green Economy Partnership.
The President of Singapore expressed her impression of Vietnam'sefforts in accelerating digital transformation and developing the digitaleconomy and digital society. She said Singapore will continue to sharemanagement experience and support Vietnam to build a digital platform, promotedigital transformation in its priority areas, and train high-quality humanresources, including managers, engineers and experts...
She agreed on PM Chinh’s proposal on encouraging the developmentof green, smart, high-tech and innovative Vietnam-Singapore Industrial Parks(VSIPs) in far-flung areas. She also appreciatedthe Vietnamese Government’s approval of the investment policy for the infrastructureconstruction and trading project in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho’s VinhThanh IP, Singapore’s 12th VSIP in Vietnam.
President Yacob pledged to continue to create favourableconditions for the Vietnamese community to live, work and study in Singapore.
The two leaders expressed their delight at the strong anddynamic development of bilateral cooperation, especially in economy. Theyagreed to increase the exchange of high-level delegations, including mutualvisits by the two countries’ PMs, in the context of the two countriescelebrating the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations and 10years of strategic partnership in 2023.
The two sides will expand economic cooperation and increaseinvestment, and promote collaboration in other important fields. They praisedthe effectiveness of the VSIP model in all three regions of Vietnam, saying ithas made an important contribution to local socio-economic development.
Regarding regional and international issues, PM Chinh and President Yacob agreed to continue working closely to maintain the solidarity and centralrole of ASEAN as well as maintain the grouping's common position on the EastSea issue. They also consented to further promote economic and tradecooperation in ASEAN, thereby promoting connections in other spheres./.
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