Singapore has launched a digital platform to enhance maritime workforce training, with full implementation expected in the second half of 2025, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) announced on March 27.
National Assembly (NA) Chairman Tran Thanh Man called on Singapore to assist the Vietnamese NA in building its legislative agenda with a focus on digital transformation, artificial intelligence, and streamlining the administrative system through digitalisation while ensuring benefits for officials.
Receiving Singaporean Prime Minister Lawrence Wong in Hanoi on March 26, the Party chief underscored the significance of the Singaporean PM's visit, describing it as a crucial step in advancing, concretising the content of and orienting the bilateral ties.
Ly believed that the ongoing official visit to Vietnam by the PM, his spouse, and the high-level delegation of Singapore will be a great success, ushering in a new chapter in Vietnam-Singapore relations.
State President Luong Cuong held a meeting with visiting Singaporean Prime Minister Lawrence in Hanoi on March 26, underlining that Vietnam values its relations with Singapore, and hopes for the effective and substantive implementation of the comprehensive strategic partnership to further strengthen bilateral ties in the coming time.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his Singaporean counterpart Lawrence Wong agreed on decisive and timely measures for enhancing political trust and creating new breakthroughs for the two countries' comprehensive strategic partnership, during their talks in Hanoi on March 26.
According to experts in Singapore, Singaporean Prime Minister Lawrence Wong's visit to Vietnam from March 25-26 reflects high expectations for the substantive relationship between the two nations.
As it takes place just over a week after Vietnam’s Party General Secretary To Lam's trip to Singapore, it is also a step toward implementing the perceptions and agreements reached by the two countries' high-ranking leaders during Lam’s visit, he stated.
Discussing new developments in the East Sea, the two sides reaffirmed the need to continue strengthening political trust, calling on all relevant parties to settle disputes on the basis of international law, especially the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
Experts held that the state visit to Indonesia and official visits to the ASEAN Secretariat and Singapore by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee To Lam from March 9-13 achieved all the set objectives at a high level, with the most notable accomplishment being the upgrade of Vietnam’s relations with the two countries.
The State Securities Commission of Vietnam (SSC) and Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) on March 12 agreed to cooperate in safeguarding the integrity and stability of the countries’ capital markets, while fostering their connectivity.
Vietnam highly values and seeks to develop its Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with Singapore in a profound and comprehensive manner, said Party General Secretary To Lam while meeting with Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore Seah Kian Peng on March 12.
Party General Secretary To Lam and former PM of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong discussed ways to further deepen bilateral relations in this new phase of development, in line with the freshly established Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. This includes enhancing collaboration between the two ruling parties by promoting delegation exchanges and sharing experience in governance and national development.
This new framework will further enhance political trust and open up vast opportunities for deeper and broader cooperation, making Vietnam-Singapore ties a model for international relations in the new era.
This is the first visit to Singapore by Lam in his position as the CPV General Secretary, marking a new milestone in the bilateral relations, and demonstrating Vietnam’s special attention to elevating relations with Singapore to new heights, in line with Vietnam’s foreign policy.
The Party chief said that his visit to Singapore aims to deepen the Vietnam-Singapore relationship that was established over half a century ago and tested over time, towards developing the relationship in a more intensive, effective and practical manner in all areas.
The Party chief said that his visit to Singapore aims to deepen the Vietnam-Singapore relationship that was established over half a century ago and tested over time, towards developing the relationship in a more intensive, effective and practical manner in all areas.
This is the first visit to Singapore by To Lam in his position as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee, marking a new milestone in bilateral relations, and demonstrating Vietnam’s special attention to elevating relations with Singapore to new heights, in line with Vietnam’s foreign policy.
As Singapore's aging population grows rapidly, projected to reach 25% of the total population by 2030, technology is seen as a key solution to address healthcare workforce shortages.
The trip underscores the importance the Vietnamese Party and State attach to relations with neighbouring countries in the region, including two key partners —Indonesia and Singapore, while highlighting Vietnam's proactive, responsible, and innovative spirit, with practical contributions toward realising ASEAN’s shared aspirations for the future.