VOV.VN - Singapore tops the list of a total of 80 countries and territories investing in the nation this year with investment reaching US$5.64 billion, trailed by Japan at US$2.44 billion, and the Republic of Korea at US$2.05 billion, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

Hanoi wants to step up technology transfer and experience sharing with Singapore, Secretary of the municipal Party’s Committee Dinh Tien Dung told Singaporean Foreign Minister Vivan Balakrishnan during their meeting in Hanoi on June 22.

Chairman of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations Le Hoai Trung received Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and head of the external relations commission of the ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) of Singapore, in Hanoi on June 22.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and State President, while receiving Singaporean Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan in Hanoi o June 21, voiced Vietnam’s commitment to facilitating Singaporean business operations in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Singapore is willing to strengthen co-operation with Vietnam in a wide range of areas, including accessing COVID-19 vaccines and mutual recognition of vaccine certification.

VOV.VN - Vietnam places importance on relations with neighbours, regional countries and strategic partners, including Singapore, has said Vo Van Thuong, Politburo member and permanent member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat.

The People’s Committee of the central province of Quang Tri signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Singapore Manufacturing Federation (SMF) via a video conference on June 11.

VOV.VN - The Bac Giang provincial People's Committee hosted an online conference on June 8 to connect 30 locations both nationwide and abroad, including those in Japan, Australia, Singapore, and China for lychee consumption.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Embassy in Singapore has called on staff, businesses, organisations, and members of the overseas Vietnamese community in Singapore to support COVID-19 prevention efforts back home.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese conglomerate Vingroup handed over novel coronavirus (COVID-19) breath testing system on June 4 worth over VND460 billion, equal to US$20 million, to the Ministry of Health (MoH) as part of efforts to defeat the ongoing pandemic.