Singapore, Vietnam deepen ties in sustainability, innovation and digitalisation

The countries agreed to partner in infrastructure and manufacturing amongst others.

Singapore and Vietnam deepened their collaboration in sustainability, innovation, and digitalisation in the recent Business Roundtable and Sustainabillity Showcase. 

“Singapore and Vietnam are close economic partners and 2023 will be a key milestone year as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Singapore-Vietnam bilateral relations and 10th anniversary of strategic partnership,” Lim Ming Yan, Chairman of Singapore Business Federation (SBF), said. 

“SBF looks forward to boosting business exchanges and collaboration between Singapore and Vietnam businesses and we are planning to bring our flagship event, the Singapore Regional Business Forum to Vietnam next year as part of the celebrations of the milestone year.”

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The event, organised by the SBF, was attended by 100 participants from the public and private sectors. 

Since its launch, the programme has facilitated 183 projects and provided more than 6,400 advisories to Singapore businesses overseas. 

Of this, more than 35 were concluded in Vietnam, whilst nearly 270 Singapore firms were assisted by the SBF’s advisory group in exploring the Vietnam market.