On the afternoon of December 20, at the Party Central Committee Headquarters, General Secretary To Lam had a phone call with General Secretary of the People's Action Party (PAP), Singaporean Prime Minister Lawrence Wong.
General Secretary To Lam congratulated Prime Minister Lawrence Wong on being elected as Secretary-General of the People's Action Party (PAP) Central Committee, highly appreciated the role and positive contributions of the PAP to the strong and comprehensive development of Singapore over the past 60 years, and believed that under the leadership of the Government headed by Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, Singapore will continue to achieve more achievements, develop the economy and enhance its international position.
General Secretary To Lam acknowledged and highly appreciated the active support and assistance that the Singaporean Government has given Vietnam since the beginning of the reform and international integration process, especially through training officials and building mechanisms and policies for socio-economic development; affirmed that Vietnam always attaches importance to and wishes to promote the strategic partnership with Singapore to develop increasingly strongly, in depth, practically and effectively.
General Secretary To Lam suggested that the two countries further strengthen political trust through high-level contacts and delegation exchanges; promote cooperation between the Communist Party of Vietnam and the People's Action Party; believe that relevant agencies of the two countries need to continue to coordinate closely to develop strategies and cooperation plans in areas such as digital transformation and renewable energy to create a strong new shift, meeting the requirements and development goals in the new period; at the same time, strengthen defense and security cooperation, including the construction of the National Population Data Center, integrating digital platforms such as SingPass and VNeID, which are being actively researched by both sides, to facilitate entry and exit for citizens of the two countries as well as promote financial cooperation, tourism and people-to-people exchange.
Singaporean Prime Minister Lawrence Wong thanked and appreciated the phone call with General Secretary To Lam, agreeing with the General Secretary's assessments and opinions on the direction to promote cooperation between the two countries in the coming time. Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said that Singaporean enterprises wish to increase investment and business activities in Vietnam to take advantage of Vietnam's current advantages, especially in new areas such as renewable energy development, carbon credits, development of new generation, greener Vietnam-Singapore Industrial Parks (VSIPs), prioritizing high-tech fields, clean energy, semiconductor manufacturing and AI... in line with the development trends and development priorities of the two countries as well as meeting the common goal of achieving the Net Zero commitment by 2050.
The two leaders agreed and were pleased to assess that the bilateral cooperation over the past 50 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations and over 10 years of establishing the Strategic Partnership has been developing well and comprehensively in all aspects; affirming that the network of 18 VSIP zones in Vietnam is a symbol of successful cooperation. In particular, Vietnam and Singapore are actively implementing cooperation within the framework of the Green Economy-Digital Economy Partnership - an important area of cooperation, helping to lead the transformation of the two economies into new potential areas such as digital economy, green and circular economy, innovation, clean energy, and climate change response; agreeing that the two countries will strengthen coordination within ASEAN as well as other regional and international forums, in order to actively contribute to ASEAN's self-reliance, prosperity, sustainable development and promoting its central role in the region.
On that basis, General Secretary To Lam and Prime Minister Lawrence Wong agreed to assign agencies of the two countries to soon complete the content to upgrade the bilateral relationship framework to a new level.
On this occasion, Singaporean Prime Minister Lawrence Wong respectfully invited General Secretary To Lam and his wife to officially visit Singapore at the most convenient time in 2025. General Secretary To Lam happily accepted the invitation and invited PAP Secretary General, Singaporean Prime Minister Lawrence Wong and his wife to visit Vietnam at a suitable time.
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