President Tran Dai Quang meets with Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong

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President Tran Dai Quang met with Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on the occasion of the APEC Summit Week in Da Nang.

At the meeting, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong highly appreciated Vietnam's efforts in hosting the APEC 2017 Summit Week.

The two leaders expressed their satisfaction with the positive changes in the Vietnam-Singapore Strategic Partnership, especially since Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's visit to Vietnam (March 2017) and President Tran Dai Quang's visit to Singapore in August 2016; agreed to closely coordinate to actively prepare practical activities to celebrate the 45th anniversary of diplomatic relations in 2018, while further strengthening cooperation in the fields of politics, diplomacy, economics, trade, science and technology, education and training, etc.

Chủ tịch nước Trần Đại Quang tiếp Thủ tướng Singapore Lý Hiển Long. (Ảnh: TTXVN)
President Tran Dai Quang receives Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Photo: VNA

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong expressed his hope that Vietnam will support Singapore in successfully assuming the role of ASEAN Chair 2018, and requested that Vietnam create favorable conditions for Singaporean enterprises and investors to continue doing business effectively in Vietnam.

President Tran Dai Quang thanked the Government and people of Singapore for their warm and thoughtful welcome to the President's delegation and high-ranking delegates visiting Singapore, and sent his congratulations to the newly-elected President of Singapore.

The President highly appreciated the activities of Singaporean investors in Vietnam, especially in VSIP industrial parks; and affirmed the policy of encouraging foreign enterprises, including Singaporean enterprises, to invest long-term in Vietnam.

The two leaders appreciated the strong development of cultural cooperation, people-to-people exchange and education between the two countries.

The two sides also discussed regional and international issues of mutual concern, agreeing to strengthen solidarity and maintain ASEAN's central role in strategic issues related to security and interests of each country and the entire region./.

According to VOV

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