Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received Singaporean Ambassador Jaya Ratnam to bid farewell at the end of his term of office (Photo: VGP)
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh congratulated and highly appreciated the Ambassador for his excellent performance of his duties in Vietnam over the past four years, performing well his role as a bridge, actively and effectively contributing to promoting the two countries' relations to become increasingly deeper, more substantive and effective in all channels and fields in the context of many difficulties and challenges.
During the Ambassador's term, Singapore has actively cooperated and supported Vietnam in preventing and fighting the COVID-19 pandemic; the two sides have upgraded their Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, a milestone in the history of bilateral relations, and established a Green Economy - Digital Economy Partnership.
The two Prime Ministers regularly meet and exchange views, and on the occasion of the recent 47th ASEAN Summit, the two Prime Ministers of Vietnam and Singapore held their second annual meeting and witnessed the signing of the Action Program to implement the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership for the 2025-2030 period.
The Prime Minister and the Ambassador assessed that economics, trade and investment have always been bright spots in bilateral relations. Seven new Vietnam-Singapore Industrial Parks (VSIPs) were established during the Ambassador's term, forming a network of 20 VSIPs in 13 provinces and cities, operating effectively, symbolizing successful bilateral cooperation. Most recently, on October 30, Singapore and Vietnam signed a Memorandum of Understanding on rice trade cooperation.
Informing that Vietnam has set an economic growth target of over 8% in 2025 and double digits in the coming years, the Prime Minister affirmed that Vietnam always attaches importance to and wishes to strengthen the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with Singapore in the spirit of "what said is done".
In particular, the Prime Minister proposed continuing to develop new generation VSIP projects with the "4 in 1" model (industrial park, science - technology park, innovation park, trade - service park and urban area).
The Prime Minister also suggested that the two sides continue to promote ASEAN power grid cooperation, export offshore wind power from Vietnam to Singapore; strengthen cooperation in science and technology, innovation, digital transformation; and cooperation in culture, education, training of high-quality officials and human resources.
The Prime Minister suggested that the two countries continue to promote close and effective cooperation at regional and international forums and organizations; continue to consolidate and strengthen solidarity within the bloc and promote the central role of ASEAN, because only through solidarity can there be strength, cooperation can bring benefits, and dialogue can strengthen trust.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh congratulated and highly appreciated the Ambassador for successfully completing his duties in Vietnam over the past four years - Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac
The Prime Minister expressed his confidence that the Ambassador would be successful in his new assignment and hoped that the Ambassador would continue to contribute more to the Vietnam-Singapore Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, adding that Vietnam is ready to welcome the Ambassador back to visit Vietnam when the opportunity arises.
For his part, sharing his good feelings and deep impressions of Vietnam, considering Vietnam as his second home, the Ambassador affirmed that over the past 80 years, Vietnam has overcome all difficulties in the past and always looks towards a better future.
The Ambassador highly appreciated the effective direction and management of the Government and the Prime Minister, helping the Vietnamese economy to grow more and more, overcome all shocks and crises in recent years, and enter the group of 32 major economies in the world and become a strong economy in ASEAN.
The Ambassador also highly appreciated Vietnam's important and positive contributions to the ASEAN community; affirmed that the signing ceremony of the Hanoi Convention showed that the international community is placing its trust in Vietnam; at the same time, said that the Singaporean Government sympathizes with Vietnam about the heavy losses caused by natural disasters and floods and believes that the damaged areas will soon recover.
Affirming that there is still a lot of room for bilateral cooperation, the Ambassador agreed with the Prime Minister's opinions on bilateral relations with more initiatives, especially promoting cooperation in developing new generation VSIPs with the goal of 30 VSIP zones in Vietnam in the near future, as well as other fields such as trade, semiconductor chips, science and technology, staff training, promoting people-to-people exchange, etc. Along with that, the two sides can strengthen cooperation to support third countries.
It is known that since 2022, Singapore has risen to become the world's second largest investor in Vietnam, with total registered capital from 62 billion USD (June 2021) to 88 billion USD (October 2025), an increase of 42%. Two-way trade turnover has grown in a balanced and stable manner (from 8.3 billion USD in 2021 to 10.3 billion USD in 2024, an increase of 25%).
Source: https://vtv.vn/dai-su-singapore-cong-dong-quoc-te-dang-dat-niem-tin-vao-viet-nam-100251031204840742.htm
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