Vietnam and Singapore agree to promote mutually beneficial cooperation areas.

On the afternoon of October 26, in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung met with Singaporean Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan on the occasion of accompanying Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh to attend the 47th ASEAN Summit and related Summits.

According to a VNA reporter in Kuala Lumpur, at the meeting, Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung expressed his pleasure at officially meeting his Singaporean counterpart for the first time in his new position and affirmed his wish to continue to further promote the Vietnam-Singapore Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in general and good cooperation between the two countries ' foreign ministries in particular.

The two Ministers expressed their delight at the particularly important step forward in bilateral relations with the upgrade to Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, considering this an important milestone opening up many opportunities to deepen and bring bilateral cooperation to new heights.

The two Ministers appreciated the completion of the Action Program to implement the Vietnam-Singapore Comprehensive Strategic Partnership to be signed under the witness of the two Prime Ministers on this occasion, creating a direction for more comprehensive development of bilateral relations for the next 5 years.

Satisfied with the progress in economic cooperation, the two Ministers agreed to continue promoting the exchange of delegations at all levels; effectively deploy existing bilateral mechanisms, establish new cooperation mechanisms, especially the Party channel; focus on coordinating with relevant ministries and branches to actively implement the results achieved in recent high-level visits, especially the Green Economy - Digital Economy Partnership and the Economic Connectivity Agreement.

The two sides also agreed to coordinate in upgrading the second-generation Vietnam-Singapore Industrial Park (VSIP) network to be greener and smarter, and continue to closely coordinate in other important areas such as training high-quality human resources and building smart cities; and affirmed mutual support at multilateral forums.

The two Ministers agreed to promote mutually beneficial cooperation areas, continue to support and coordinate the two countries' stances on issues of common concern at regional and international forums, including coordinating to ensure ASEAN's common stance on the East Sea issue, ensuring full implementation of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC), and soon reaching an effective and substantive Code of Conduct in the East Sea (COC) in accordance with international law, including the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).

On this occasion, Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung thanked Singapore for providing emergency aid in many forms, including essential necessities, to help people in some northern provinces of Vietnam overcome the consequences of storms and floods./.

(TTXVN/Vietnam+)

Source: https://www.vietnamplus.vn/viet-nam-va-singapore-nhat-tri-thuc-day-cac-linh-vuc-hop-tac-cung-co-loi-post1072893.vnp