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Vietnam, Singapore raise ties to 'strategic' level

Vietnam, Singapore raise ties to 'strategic' level



Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung (R) and his Singaporean counterpart, Lee Hsien Loong, before their talks in Hanoi on September 11. PHOTO:

Vietnam and Singapore have agreed to elevate their 40-year-old relationship into a strategic partnership.

This was confirmed in a joint statement following talks between Vietnamese PM Nguyen Tan Dung and his visiting Singaporean counterpart Lee Hsien Loong on Wednesday.

The two sides have agreed to promote political ties through regular exchanges, economic, agricultural, legal, and cultural ties as well as cooperation in defense and security, health, and education and training.

They will also strengthen ties in banking and finance, communication, IT, transport, tourism, and urban management and development.

During their talks, the two leaders supported the establishment of friendship associations in their countries to promote exchanges between the two peoples.

They hailed the continuing development of their security and defense ties on the basis of the 2009 Defense Cooperation Agreement and the 2006 Transnational Crime Prevention Cooperation Agreement which was extended in 2012.

Dung said Singapore has always been one of Vietnam’s top investors and trade partners.

Bilateral trade last year surpassed US$9 billion and Singapore’s investment in Vietnam exceeds $28 billion.

Lee promised to promote Singaporean investment in Vietnam and also acknowledged Vietnam’s request to enable export of agricultural and seafood produce and garments to Singapore.

The two PMs appreciated the efficient functioning of the four Vietnam-Singapore Industrial Parks around the country, with the joint statement calling them symbols of the mutually beneficial relationship between the two nations, and expressed hope for similar success for the fifth VSIP to be built in Quang Ngai Province.

Lee also met with Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on Wednesday and President Truong Tan Sang and National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung a day later.

He is set to accompany Dung to the groundbreaking ceremony for the Quang Ngai IP today.

This is Lee’s fourth visit to Vietnam.

~News courtesy of Thanh Nien News~

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Singaporean, S. Korean carriers to fly to Da Nang daily

Singaporean, S. Korean carriers to fly to Da Nang daily

Korean Air and Singapore’s Silk Air will add four more flights to Da Nang City this October, following the schedule expansions of domestic carrier Vietnam Airlines and other foreign airlines earlier this year.

Korean Air will have three more flights per week from Seoul from October 27, and Silk Air will add a Thursday flight from Singapore to its current schedule from October 31, making the two carriers fly every day to Da Nang, Vietnam's third-largest city, Balcony Media Group said recently in a press release Friday.

According to the release, the flight additions will satisfy more demand from Australian, the UK and other European countries with Silk Air and from the US with Korean Air.

It also said the three flights by Korean Air will boost the number of flights from Seoul to Da Nang every week to 14 – including those provided by South Korea’s Asiana Airlines and Vietnam Airlines.

Vietnam Airlines commenced two new flights to Da Nang from Seoul and Cambodia’s Siem Reap July 1, while Hong Kong-based Dragonair on March 28 started flights between Hong Kong and Da Nang every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday and added a weekly Saturday flight to the route from July 6.

Currently, three Chinese airlines – China Eastern Airlines, China Southern Airlines and Shanghai Airlines are also offering flights from Beijing, Shenzhen and Shanghai respectively to Da Nang, the release said.

~News courtesy of Thanh Nien News~

New lights beautify Ho Chi Minh City Post Office

New lights beautify Ho Chi Minh City Post Office



The HCMC Post Office with its new lighting system. PHOTOS COURTESY OF TUOI TRE

In collaboration with municipal managers from France's city of Lyon, HCMC on Sunday inaugurated a new lighting system at the city's historic post office.

The light system, designed by the Public Lighting Department of Lyon City, is part of activities to mark the 40th year of the diplomatic ties between Vietnam and France as well to France Year in Vietnam, which kicked off in early April.

Costing VND4 billion (US$189,720) and partially sponspored by Lyon authorities, the work aims to promote the heritage value of the 120-year-old post office, a major French-style architectural work in the city which has long been a well-known tourist attraction site.

With extensive experience in the field of artistic lighting, light experts from Lyon have brought a system which can produce lights in different colors and arrays throughout the night.



The city of Lyon so far has collaborated with HCMC in some other light projects, including the Ho Chi Minh Museum – Nha Rong (Dragon House) Wharf in 1997, the HCMC People's Committee Head office in 2004 and the HCMC Opera House in 2008.

~News courtesy of Thanh Nien News~

An Giang Province to close paths leading to Cam Mountain

An Giang Province to close paths leading to Cam Mountain

The People’s Committee of the southern province of An Giang has asked authorities in Tinh Bien District to prohibit vehicles from travelling to Cam Mountain as there is likelihood of landslides during the rainy season.



A big Buddha statue on Cam Mountain (Photo: SGGP)

Due to continuous heavy rainfall in recent days, paths to the peak of the mountain have become landslide prone and as many as three spots are already highly susceptible, including Do, Cuu Nan and a hill under Do.

According to the Institute of Geophysics, Cam Mountain has 220 landslide-prone sites along its 2.5 kilometer path up the mountain, and 126 big boulders have become a serious threat.

After authorities issue the ban, transport of essential items to people living on the mountaintop will take place in the early mornings and afternoons.

An Hao Commune authorities will help take children to schools.

~News courtesy of SGGP~