National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan received Singaporean Ambassador to Vietnam Catherine Wong Siow Ping in Hanoi on November 23, discussing her upcoming visit to Singapore.

National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan shakes hands with Singaporean Ambassador to Vietnam Catherine Wong Siow Ping

Ngan acknowledged tight coordination between the diplomat and the NA’s Committee for External Affairs and the Foreign Ministry of Vietnam in preparation for the upcoming visit of a high-ranking NA delegation to Singapore.

The visit is an activity marking the 45th anniversary of Vietnam – Singapore diplomatic relations, she noted.

Lauding the growth of bilateral cooperation in economics, trade, and investment, the legislator revealed that some Vietnamese enterprises working with Singapore and leaders of localities housing Vietnam – Singapore industrial parks are set to join the NA delegation’s trip.

The visit will be a chance for partnerships and mutual understanding, Ngan added.

For her part, Catherine Wong Siow Ping said Vietnam and Singapore organised regular exchanges of delegation, particularly high-ranking ones, in recent years.

The ambassador praised the meaning of the upcoming trip to Singapore made the NA delegation, led by her host, saying it reflects a desire to enhance strategic partnership between the two countries.

She pledged to do her best to make the visit a success.-VNA