VOV.VN - Vietnam rose to become Singapore’s ninth largest trading partner in January 2025, with two-way trade reaching over SGD3.39 billion, an increase of 16.83% year on year, according to the Vietnam Trade Office in Singapore.

VOV.VN - Total trade turnover between Vietnam and Singapore in January soared by 25.5% year on year to US$953 million, with petroleum imports from Singapore witnessing a three-fold rise, according to data from Vietnam Customs.

The southernmost province of Ca Mau wants to increase agricultural and fishery exports to Singapore and strengthen cooperation in several sectors, Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee, Nguyen Ho Hai has told Singaporean embassy officials.

The Vietnamese community in Singapore participated in the Chingay Parade 2025 on February 7-8, which aimed to celebrate the connections between communities, generations, and cultures in the island country.

The People’s Committee of Binh Duong province has granted in-principle approval and investment certificates to seven foreign-invested projects, with a total registered capital of US$1 billion.

Vietnam maintained its position as the fifth-largest seafood exporter to Singapore for 12 consecutive months, surpassing Japan for the first time in 2024, amid the intensifying competition in this market.

Vietnam’s rice exports to Singapore recorded significant growth in 2024, cementing Vietnam’s position as the third-largest rice supplier of the city state, according to the Vietnam Trade Office in Singapore.

The Vietnamese embassies in Singapore and Brunei and the Nguyen Du Lao-Vietnamese bilingual language school in Vientiane, Laos have organised activities for Vietnamese there to celebrate the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

Secretary of the Party Central Committee and head of its Commission for External Relations Le Hoai Trung is on a working visit to Singapore from January 7-11 at the invitation of Singaporean Minister of Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan.

VOV.VN - Singapore desires to enhance cooperation with Vietnam in areas with significant untapped potential, including clean energy, artificial intelligence (AI) and semiconductors, carbon credits, finance, and education and training.