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Updated: 09/14/2012 02:06 | By Channel NewsAsia

President Tony Tan meets Vietnam Communist Party General Secretary

President Tony Tan meets Vietnam Communist Party General Secretary


President Tony Tan meets Vietnam Communist Party General Secretary

SINGAPORE: President Tony Tan Keng Yam met General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Nguyen Phu Trong on Thursday, the second day of the General Secretary’s three—day official visit to Singapore.

Calling on President Tony Tan at the Istana on Thursday afternoon, the two leaders reaffirmed Singapore and Vietnam’s warm bilateral relations.

And they agreed both countries should work closer together towards establishing an ASEAN Community by 2015.

The General Secretary is delivering a public lecture on cooperation and development in Southeast Asia at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy on Friday morning.

— CNA/ck

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