On the afternoon of August 29, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong met and had a dialogue with Vietnamese and Singaporean youth delegates. The program took place under the theme "The role of youth in promoting the strategic partnership between Vietnam and Singapore".
Opening the event, Mr. Bui Quang Huy - First Secretary of the Central Youth Union, Chairman of the National Committee on Vietnamese Youth emphasized the need to maintain the effective implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding on Vietnam - Singapore youth cooperation for the period 2023 - 2028, focusing on continuing to exchange high-level delegations and delegations of young leaders and youth in many fields and subjects such as young politicians, young entrepreneurs, young scientists, and students.
At the same time, promote cooperation in areas where the two countries' youth have strengths; continue to support each other in multilateral forums of which the two countries are members, especially ASEAN and ASEAN+.
Mr. Bui Quang Huy said: “Youth is a great social force, a powerful resource promoting the development of society; has an important position throughout the historical process of formation and development, is the present vitality and the future of each nation and country”.
Vietnamese and Singaporean youth are both important factors for economic and social development, and are the future owners of each country. Therefore, how the friendship and cooperation between Vietnam and Singapore will develop in the future depends largely on the feelings and relationships between the youth of the two countries today.
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong expects young leaders to increase cooperation and exchange.
Speaking at the event, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said he felt the enthusiasm, dynamism, and inspirational aspirations of the youth of the two countries with the desire to make the world a better place.
“Vietnam and Singapore are in a period of strong transformation with many opportunities for cooperation to bring better lives to our people. It is important for young people to understand how the situation in the country and around us is changing, what happens in the region affects or brings opportunities to us,” he said.
In the context of the relationship between the two countries entering a new stage, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong expects young leaders to strengthen cooperation, exchange, build friendly relations, and cooperate to find opportunities, find partners and realize dreams.
Sharing at the event, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh expressed his joy that both he and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong felt energized when interacting and having dialogue with students, youth, and young leaders.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.
After 50 years of establishing diplomatic relations, Vietnam - Singapore relations are developing very well in all fields. The two countries share viewpoints and coordinate effectively in international forums.
Therefore, the delegates should strengthen connections, exchange ideas, promote good values in the bilateral relationship, promote cooperation in new areas such as digital transformation, green transformation, circular economy, knowledge economy, sharing economy, innovation, etc., and strongly promote the traditions of the two countries. The Prime Minister also hopes that the delegates will exchange and discuss frankly on issues with different viewpoints.
Reiterating President Ho Chi Minh's words, "The prosperity or decline, weakness or strength of a country depends largely on the youth," the Prime Minister said that the voice and contributions of the youth are extremely important to the sustainable development of each country and region; therefore, it is important to not only connect the youth of the two countries but also connect with the youth of other countries.
The Prime Minister said: “The world today is more favorable, with new tools for easier communication and learning, but there are also difficulties and challenges. The problem is that we detect and identify problems early to adapt flexibly and effectively; the youth must be steadfast, steadfast, and dare to take on difficult and big tasks.”
The Prime Minister particularly emphasized that the task of the youth of the two countries in the current period is to promote their pioneering and pioneering roles, paving the way for the two countries to develop rapidly and sustainably, contributing positively to the Vietnam-Singapore strategic partnership; for peace, stability, cooperation and development in the region and the world.
Overview of the event.
From there, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh suggested that the youth of the two countries take the lead in demonstrating their responsibility to society and the community. It is necessary to build and maintain the "youth flame" and "youth spirit" of the desire to contribute, thinking, thinking, ambition, and striving not only for themselves but also to create benefits for society and the community.
In addition, in some areas, young people need to promote their "pioneering" role, first of all, being pioneers in learning, improving knowledge and skills necessary to adapt and master the future of the 4.0 era.
The Prime Minister also asked young pioneers to contribute to the increasingly strong Vietnam-Singapore strategic partnership, helping the youth and people of the two countries understand each other more and unite to build a prosperous and prosperous country and region.
Continuing the tradition of previous generations, Vietnam wants today's young generation to think more carefully, be more determined, make greater efforts, act more decisively, choose more important and central tasks, and complete each task thoroughly to contribute to deepening the relationship between the two countries, making it more and more substantial and effective, building two strong and prosperous countries, and making the people increasingly happy and prosperous .
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