Politburo member, President of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics receives a delegation from Singapore’s People’s Action Party

Politburo member and President of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics Doan Minh Huan (R) and Lee Hong Chuang, Member of Parliament from Singapore’s People’s Action Party, at their meeting in Hanoi on June 9

Lee Hong Chuang, Member of Parliament from PAP were on working trips to Vietnam, during which they attended a seminar on the role of Southeast Asian political parties in building the ASEAN Community, held within the framework of the third ASEAN Future Forum (AFF), which took place in Hanoi from June 7–9.

Assoc, Prof, Dr. Doan Minh Huan said the meeting served as vivid evidence of the strong friendship and cooperation between the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and the PAP, as well as between Vietnam and Singapore.

Overview of the event

Mr Lee Hong Chuang expressed his admiration for Vietnam’s dynamic development in recent years and voiced his confidence that the country would continue to achieve further successes in the near future.

Mr Lee Hong Chuang highly valued Vietnam’s initiative in organising the seminar, describing it as a practical activity that enabled political parties to exchange experiences, deepen mutual understanding, and make meaningful contributions to the building of a people-centred ASEAN Community.

Commending Singapore’s model of economic development, social welfare provision, and efforts to improve living standards, Assoc, Prof, Dr. Doan Minh Huan said these offered valuable and practical lessons that the CPV could study and learn from. He called on the Singaporean Government to continue supporting Vietnam in human resources development, particularly in training leadership and management personnel and strategic-level officials. This includes cooperation in cadre training between the HCMA and the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, as well as other partner institutions in Singapore.

Delegates take photo together

Assoc, Prof, Dr. Doan Minh Huan proposed relevant agencies of the two countries work closely to effectively implement high-level agreements between the two parties, enhance delegation exchanges and regular dialogue mechanisms between party leaders, including the organisation of the first Vietnam–Singapore strategic dialogue, and strengthen cooperation in cadre training, scientific research, and exchanges among strategic research institutions and scholars.