Singaporean PM meets Da Nang official
Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong met Secretary of the Da Nang municipal Party Committee Nguyen Xuan Anh on March 24 in Hanoi.
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| Secretary of the Da Nang municipal Party Committee Nguyen Xuan Anh (L) and Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong |
At the meeting, Mr Lee said he is looking forward to attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) High-level Week slated for this November in Da Nang.
He added that direct flights between Singapore and Da Nang have facilitated tourism and two-way trade over the past years.
Lee underscored the importance of the municipal authorities’ strong support for the software park project by Singapore’s Sembcorp, which has been approved, saying that it is a crucial factor for its success, given the past example of the Vietnam-Singapore Industrial Park (VSIP) currently available in seven Vietnamese localities.
According to him, Vietnam has many information technology talents so that an ecological system to nurture them is needed.
Mr Anh, in reply, said Da Nang lies in the hub of the central region and shares similarities with Singapore in land coverage, sea climate and orientations to common development.
More than 20 Singaporean projects worth in excess of US$230 million are underway in the city, he said.
The city’s leader hoped that education will be a priority field in ties between Da Nang and Singapore, and believed that the Singaporean leader will witness progresses of Da Nang – one of the country’s most vibrant cities, during his stay this November.
