General Secretary To Lam and his wife met with officials, staff of representative agencies and representatives of the Vietnamese community in Singapore (Photo: Thong Nhat/VNA).
According to the special correspondent of the Vietnam News Agency, within the framework of the official visit to the Republic of Singapore from March 11-13, on the evening of March 11, General Secretary To Lam and his wife, along with the high-ranking Vietnamese delegation, met and talked with officials and staff of the Vietnamese Embassy in Singapore and more than 200 representatives of the Vietnamese community in Singapore.
Reporting to General Secretary To Lam and his wife and the high-ranking Vietnamese delegation, Vietnamese Ambassador to Singapore Tran Phuoc Anh said that there are currently over 25,000 Vietnamese people living, studying and working in the area.
The community is united, always looking towards the homeland, preserving and promoting national cultural identity, actively contributing to the local society and helping to strengthen the friendship between the people of the two countries.
Ambassador Tran Phuoc Anh emphasized that the force of Vietnamese experts, intellectuals and businessmen in the area is developing strongly, increasingly affirming their position in the local society.
Currently, there are many Vietnamese Professors and Doctors working, teaching and researching at leading universities and research institutes in Singapore such as National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)...
Besides, many Vietnamese entrepreneurs have started businesses and are actively operating in important fields such as technology, finance, logistics, and services in Singapore.
On behalf of the Vietnamese community in Singapore, Professor-Doctor Vu Minh Khuong - senior lecturer at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Ms. Ta Thuy Lien - Head of the Liaison Committee of the Vietnamese Community in Singapore, Ms. Nguyen Thi Xuan Mai - President of the Vietnamese Student Association in Singapore thanked the General Secretary, his wife and the working delegation for taking the time to meet and discuss with the people.
Community representatives affirmed that the meeting was a great source of encouragement, demonstrating the Party and State's deep affection and concern for the Vietnamese community in Singapore, expressing support and confidence in the Party and State's recent important decisions to create breakthroughs for the country's rapid development in the coming time.
Talking to the staff of the Embassy and representatives of the Vietnamese community in Singapore, the General Secretary said that this visit to Singapore aims to deepen the bilateral relationship that has been established for more than half a century and has been tested over time between Vietnam and Singapore, aiming to continue to deepen the relationship, promote effectiveness and substance in all fields.
Within the framework of the talks with Singaporean leaders, the General Secretary will continue to request the Singaporean side to pay attention to and create favorable conditions for the Vietnamese community to live, study and work stably, integrate actively, and contribute to the development of the host country and the relationship between the two countries.
On this occasion, the General Secretary commended the achievements in integration of the Vietnamese community in Singapore and expressed his gratitude for their contributions to the Fatherland.
The General Secretary also informed the people about the country's situation and development goals in the coming time, hoping that the overseas Vietnamese community in general and the community in Singapore in particular will continue to unite and make efforts to contribute to the realization of these breakthrough goals.
The General Secretary highly appreciated and responded to the opinions, proposals and recommendations of the overseas Vietnamese representatives who spoke and asked them to continue to unite, join hands to build a developing community, promote the beauty of Vietnam to international and local friends, and act as a solid bridge in the relationship between the two countries; wherever they are, they always nurture the spirit of compatriots, always turn to the Fatherland with pride and responsibility, promote the strengths and potential of knowledge, science and technology to increasingly make practical contributions to the country.
The General Secretary requested the Embassy to continue to do well in community work and citizen protection in accordance with the spirit of Resolution 36-NQ/TW, Directive 45-CT/TW and Conclusion 12-KL/TW of the Politburo on work for overseas Vietnamese in the context of the growing Vietnamese community in Singapore, the Embassy must become a common home to connect the community, creating maximum convenience for people to carry out related administrative procedures.
On behalf of the staff of the Vietnamese Embassy in Singapore and the community, Ambassador Tran Phuoc Anh spoke in acceptance of General Secretary To Lam's instructions, promising to actively implement the General Secretary's instructions, act as a solid bridge for the Vietnam-Singapore relationship and build an increasingly strong Vietnamese community in Singapore, looking towards the homeland.
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