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Deputy PM meets Singaporean minister

Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung received the Singaporean Trade and Industry Minister Lim Hng Kiang in Hanoi on Oct. 29.

Deputy PM Hung expressed his pleasure at the excellent progress in the areas of friendship and cooperation between the two countries. Many cooperative projects were implemented effectively, contributing to the economic development of each country and improving their positions in the global arena.

The deputy PM stressed that in the current circumstances of uncertainty due to the global financial crisis, cooperation has become increasingly necessary and significant. He said that the current crisis offers an opportunity for Asian countries to intensify their efforts to work together, helping to strengthen and develop the whole region, if they could take advantage of it.

Minister Lim Hng Kiang expressed his joy at witnessing the impressive recent development of Vietnam , considering it an achievement of the national renewal process and the Vietnamese government’s reform.

He agreed that the two countries should continue their work to increase cooperation in order to overcome the effects of the global financial crisis and usher in a new era of development.

 
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