Thursday, 06:37 09/03/2023
Lee Hsien Loong welcomes Vietnamese PM for 1st-in-five-year visit
The visit opens the year marking the 50th anniversary of bilateral relations and 10 years of the Strategic Partnership.
Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong today [February 9] welcomed Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on his first visit to Singapore since he took the office in 2021 and the first by a Vietnamese prime minister in the past five years.
After the ceremonial reception at the Istana, PM Chinh will call on President Halimah Yacob and join a meeting with PM Lee, who will also host an official lunch in his honor.
It will start a busy schedule during the visit that is poised to focus on green and digital economy.
| Vietnam’s Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at the ceremonial reception hosted by Singapore's PM Lee Hsien Loong on Feb 9. Photos: Nhat Bac/VGP |
| The two Prime Ministers at the welcome ceremony held at the Istana. |
| Two ladies at the ceremony. |
| The visit is set to focus on the green and digital economy. |
| PM Chinh and his spouse Le Thi Bich Tran visit the Singapore Botanic Gardens which is home to the National Orchid Garden. |
| PM Chinh and Madam Tran have a new orchid hybrid named in their honor "Pailionanda Pham Le Tran Chinh". |
