Official welcome ceremony held for Singaporean President Halimah Yacob

WVR - On the morning of October 17, at the Presidential Palace, President Nguyen Xuan Phuc hosted the welcoming ceremony for Singaporean President Halimah Yacob.
Official welcome ceremony held for Singaporean President Halimah Yacob
On the morning of October 17, at the Presidential Palace, President Nguyen Xuan Phuc hosted the welcoming ceremony for Singaporean President Halimah Yacob. (Photo: Hong Nguyen)
Official welcome ceremony held for Singaporean President Halimah Yacob
At the invitation of President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Singapore’s President Halimah Yacob and her Spouse pay a State visit to Vietnam from October 16-20. (Photo: Hong Nguyen)
Official welcome ceremony held for Singaporean President Halimah Yacob
This is the first State visit of a foreign Head of State to Vietnam after the 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam and the first foreign visit of Singaporean President since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. (Photo: Hong Nguyen)
Official welcome ceremony held for Singaporean President Halimah Yacob
The visit is of of great significance as the two countries are going to celebrate the 50th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic relations and the 10th anniversary of the strategic partnership in 2023. (Photo: Hong Nguyen)
Official welcome ceremony held for Singaporean President Halimah Yacob
There is still ample room for Vietnam and Singapore to boost economic cooperation, both at the bilateral and multilateral level. (Photo: Hong Nguyen)
Official welcome ceremony held for Singaporean President Halimah Yacob
The high-level visit to Vietnam by Singapore President Halimah Yacob is expected to contribute to strengthening political trust and promoting multi-faceted cooperation between the two nations, especially in politics-diplomacy, defence-security, economy, investment, labour and technology... (Photo: Hong Nguyen)
Official welcome ceremony held for Singaporean President Halimah Yacob
Especially, it will help bring bilateral cooperation towards a new height of "connecting the two economies on a digital platform". (Photo: Hong Nguyen)
Official welcome ceremony held for Singaporean President Halimah Yacob
Over the years, the Vietnam-Singapore strategic partnership has developed fruitfully. Amid complicated developments of COVID-19, the two sides still maintained all-level delegation exchanges and contacts. (Photo: Hong Nguyen)
Official welcome ceremony held for Singaporean President Halimah Yacob
Two-way trade reached 6.9 billion USD in the first nine months of this year, up 16% over the same period last year. Singapore remains ASEAN's largest investor in Vietnam, ranking 2nd out of 139 countries and territories investing in the country. As of August 20, Singaporean investors had 2,974 valid projects with a total registered capital of 69.9 billion USD, accounting for 16.3% of total investment capital poured into Vietnam. Meanwhile, by July 2022, Vietnam had 136 valid investment projects worth over 538 million USD in Singapore. (Photo: Hong Nguyen)
Official welcome ceremony held for Singaporean President Halimah Yacob

Within the framework of the visit, Singapore President Halimah Yacob will pay tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum in Hanoi, hold talks with President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, and pay courtesy calls to Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.

She will receive the Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee, visit the Vietnam-Singapore Industrial Park 1 (VSIP1), work with leaders in the northern province of Bac Ninh, and then leave for Ho Chi Minh City and have activities here.(Photo: Hong Nguyen)

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