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Former Ambassador Nguyen Tien Minh said, “Vietnam and Singapore have huge cooperative potential because the two economies can support each other. Singapore has capital and experience in market economy and economic development. Vietnam has an abundant work force, rich natural resources, and large land area. Free Trade Agreements have opened space for further Vietnam-Singapore cooperation, which will be expanded to ASEAN and the wider Asia-Pacific.” … [Read more...] about New momentum for Vietnam-Singapore strategic partnership

“As much as we would like to keep Inuka with us for as long as possible, our ultimate responsibility is his welfare,” said Cheng Wen-haur, Wildlife Reserves Singapore's deputy chief executive officer and chief life sciences officer. He added that the team was aware that Inuka’s health issues had seriously affected his quality of life, and suggested “the greater kindness would be to relieve him from prolonged suffering.” … [Read more...] about First Tropical Polar Bear Dies Aged 27 in Singapore Zoo

The government leader highly appreciated the management and operation model of the Port of Singapore and was greatly impressed with the process of handling, operation and IT application at the port.  PM Phuc asked the Port of Singapore Authority (PSA), which operates the Port of Singapore, to share its experience and step up cooperation with Vietnam to help the country develop its seaport systems.  With a total of 60 berths at its container terminals using modern and automatic loading and unloading equipment, the PSA can serve the world's largest container ships. The operation of berths is controlled by the world’s most modern computer system. The PSA can receive large number of foreign ships for transiting at the port and it handled up to 33.3 million TEUs of cargo last year. The number of containers handled in the port is estimated to make up roughly 10% of the world's total number.  … [Read more...] about PM Phuc calls for stronger partnership with Singapore firms

In an interview granted to the press on the outcome of the visit, Dung said that first of all, via the visit, the mutual trust in the bilateral relations after 45 years of diplomatic ties and five years of strategic partnership has been reinforced and strengthened. The trust, closeness and shared vision of development goals and strategic security issues of the two countries create an important foundation for their vigorous cooperation development in all fields, making active contributions to the growth of each nation. Vietnam and Singapore agreed to enhance collaboration in security-defence, especially cyber security, building the Association of Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN) of solidarity, self-resilience and innovation as well as maintaining the bloc’s central role in the regional architecture. The two sides also shared the common viewpoint of ASEAN on East Sea issue of maintaining peace, stability, security, and safety of navigation and aviation and addressing disputes via … [Read more...] about Prime Minister’s Singapore visit a comprehensive success

"We hope that all parties will seriously consider the 'dual-track' approach China proposed, and work hard to maintain the positive momentum to resolve issues on the peninsula," ministry spokesman Lu Kang said in a media briefing. He was referring to Beijing’s proposal for North Korea to stop its nuclear weapons programme in exchange for the US suspending its military drills in South Korea. … [Read more...] about The Trump-Kim summit will reportedly take place in Singapore in June