The Prime Ministers of Vietnam and Singapore and their two wives interacted and had lunch with students of Hanoi National University.

On the morning of August 29, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his wife, along with Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his wife, visited Hanoi National University, met, interacted, and had lunch with students.

Thủ tướng Việt Nam, Singapore và hai Phu nhân giao lưu, cùng ăn trưa với sinh viên Đại học Quốc gia Hà Nội

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh , Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and their two wives took a souvenir photo with students of Hanoi National University. (Photo: Nguyen Hong)

At the exchange, students from Hanoi National University expressed their interest in the Vietnam-Singapore relationship, especially the digital economic - green economic partnership between the two countries; lessons, development experiences, policies on education, science, technology and innovation of Singapore; the path of learning and training to succeed for each person; policies to promote cooperation between Singaporean universities and Vietnam, especially in some fields of research, innovation, artificial intelligence; expectations of leaders for the young generation... and asked many questions to the two Prime Ministers.

The Director of Hanoi National University welcomed the two Prime Ministers and their spouses to visit the school. (Photo: Nguyen Hong)

The students' questions were frankly shared and answered by the two Prime Ministers. Regarding expectations for students and the younger generation, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasized that the Vietnamese people are a heroic nation and have gone through many difficulties and challenges, with many contributions and sacrifices of many generations so that "our country has never had the foundation, potential, position and international prestige as it does today".

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong frankly shared and answered students' questions. (Photo: Nguyen Hong)

The Head of Government hopes that students will spend more time researching, studying, accumulating experience, training physically, and cultivating ethics to do well in their future jobs, contributing to the cause of national construction and development, and at the same time contributing to peace, stability, cooperation and development in the world.

The Singaporean Prime Minister shared that resources come from thinking, motivation comes from innovation, innovation and entrepreneurship come from culture and strength comes from the people.

Mr. Lee Hsien Loong said that he has been to Vietnam many times and witnessed the constant innovation. He was impressed with the dynamic and energetic youth. “This is one of the bases for believing in stronger development in the future of Vietnam as well as the relationship between the two countries.

Students always have many innovative ideas and we look forward to working with you to make the world a better place," said the Singaporean Prime Minister.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at Hanoi National University. (Photo: Nguyen Hong)

Regarding the implementation of the Digital Economy - Green Economy Partnership between Vietnam and Singapore, the two Prime Ministers said that in the coming time, the two countries plan to promote cooperation in the field of digital transformation on three pillars: digital government, digital economy and digital society; support Vietnam to promote digital transformation in priority areas such as population management, banking and finance, land, e-commerce; construction of data centers, etc.

Regarding green economy, the two sides will coordinate and support Vietnam in implementing a fair energy transition; promote grid connectivity between Vietnam and Singapore...

The visit of the two Prime Ministers and their spouses to Hanoi National University will contribute to promoting educational and training cooperation between the two countries. (Photo: Nguyen Hong)

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said that digital transformation, green transformation, circular economy, sharing economy, innovation, human resource training, and anti-corruption are also areas that Vietnam needs to learn more from Singapore. Therefore, the head of the Vietnamese Government believes that the young generation needs to actively participate and contribute to promoting cooperation between the two countries in these very important new areas.

On this occasion, under the witness of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Hanoi National University, Ho Chi Minh City National University and Nanyang Technological University (NTU - Singapore) signed cooperation agreements between universities in the fields of staff, lecturers, students and scientific research exchanges.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and their two wives had an intimate lunch with students at the canteen of the University of Foreign Languages.

Immediately after that, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong had a friendly lunch with students at the canteen of the University of Foreign Languages. Here, the two Prime Ministers enjoyed traditional Vietnamese dishes such as banh cuon cha, bun thang, nem Ha Noi, com...

During the meal, the two Prime Ministers and their wives and the students had intimate and interesting exchanges. Through the visit of the two Prime Ministers and their wives to Hanoi National University, it will contribute to promoting educational and training cooperation between the two countries; at the same time, helping students to exchange, interact and enhance their understanding of the strategic partnership between Vietnam and Singapore. In particular, enjoying traditional Vietnamese dishes is also an opportunity to bring the beauty of Vietnamese cuisine and cultural values to international friends.

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