(VOVworld) – Vietnam and Singapore will enhance bilateral cooperation in transportation. This was agreed to by Vietnamese Minister of Transport Dinh La Thang and his Singaporean counterpart Lui Tuck Yew in Singapore on Tuesday. They also reached an agreement on speeding up negotiations for the early signing of new agreements that will replace the Air Transport Agreement and Maritime Transport Agreement signed between the two governments in 1992.

Minister of Transport Dinh La Thang and his Singaporean counterpart Lui Tuck Yew. Photo: internet

Singapore will continue to assist Vietnam in training human resources in transportation and aviation sectors as well as share its experiences in making plans on urban transport development and management, and road traffic safety. The Vietnamese minister is visiting Singapore at the invitation his Singaporean counterpart Lui Tick Yew, to attend the ASEAN-EU Aviation Summit on February 11-12, and the Singapore Aviation Exhibition.

On the sidelines of the events, Minister Thang and Vice President of European Commission Siim Kallas discussed the possibility of transport cooperation between ASEAN and the EU in general, and Vietnam and the EU in particular.

On this occasion, Minister Thang attended the signing of a contract to buy and charter 100 planes worth 9.1 billion USD between VietJetAir and Airbus.