Vietnam and Singapore have agreed to elevate their bilateral relations to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.

According to a report from the Government News, the agreement was reached by Party General Secretary To Lam and Singaporean Prime Minister Lawrence Wong during their summit meeting on March 12.

At their talks, Prime Minister Wong spoke highly the great achievements of the bilateral ties over the past more than five decades since the establishment of diplomatic relations in 1973.

General Secretary To Lam, for his part, said he was pleasured to visit Singapore again in his new position on the occasion of special events of the two nations, including the 80th anniversary of Vietnam's National Day and the 60th anniversary of the Independence Day of Singapore.

The two leaders agreed to chart major directions and tasked their ministries and agencies to develop an action program to implement the newly upgraded Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.

Specifically, both sides agreed to focus on enhancing political trust through delegation exchanges at all levels, especially high-level ones; expanding and deepening economic, trade and investment cooperation; promoting cooperation in digital transformation, innovation, green economy, clean energy; strengthening cooperation in the fields of defense - security, culture, education, tourism and people-to-people exchanges.

General Secretary To Lam suggested Singapore expand the VSIP network towards innovation, low carbon emissions, and enhance cooperation in the fields of digital transformation and emerging technologies.

In reply, PM Wong said that Singapore would continue to support Vietnam in improving the quality of human resources, especially strategic-level officials, and effectively implement the Memorandum of Understanding on the Vietnam-Singapore Innovation Talent Exchange Program, and wants to send Singaporean students to Viet Nam to study, research and promote cultural and sports exchanges to increase mutual understanding between the two nations.

After talks, the two leaders witnessed the signing of cooperation documents in the fields of wind power trade, digital transformation, prevention and combat of transnational crimes, financial innovation, forging an important foundation to promote the Vietnam - Singapore Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in the coming time.

Up to now, Vietnam has established comprehensive strategic partnership with 12 countries, including China (2008), Russia (2012), India (2016), South Korea (2022), the U.S. (2023), Japan (2023), Australia (2024), France (2024), Malaysia (2024), New Zealand (2025), Indonesia (2025) and Singapore (2025).