Vivian Balakrishnan

‘Foreign policy now has domestic salience’: Vivian Balakrishnan on a decade of representing Singapore

In the House, more MPs are rising to query his ministry’s policies, whether during the annual Budget debate or the delivery of ministerial statements

Following the President’s Address at the opening of Parliament on Sep 5, the various ministries are releasing their plans for the new government term.

Amid ‘economic weaponisation’, Singapore will take whole-of-government approach in assessing security risks, strengthen ties with other countries

This comes as big power contestation, digital connectivity, economic weaponisation and technological advances present complex risks

Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan says the government is pushing for greater Asean integration, with the aim of creating a single market and investment zone.

Singapore risks ‘worst of both worlds’ outcome if caught in US-China rivalry: Vivian Balakrishnan

SMEs should respond to tensions by seeking opportunities in Asean and markets such as South America and Africa, he adds

Singapore Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Vivian Balakrishnan says: “Instead of a rules-based global system that promotes trade, you now have a system where every trade agreement becomes a bilateral arm-wrestling match.”

US tariffs risks turning global trade into ‘arm-wrestling match’: Vivian Balakrishnan

[COLORADO] Global trade risks becoming a “bilateral arm-wrestling match” following US President Donald Trump’s approach of slapping tariffs on its partners, according to Singapore Minister for Foreign...

PAP's Nee Soon team. From left: Minister for Law K Shanmugam, Jackson Lam, Dr Syed Harun Alhabsyi, Goh Hanyan and Lee Hui Ying.
SINGAPORE GE2025

GE2025: PAP fends off RDU challenges in Holland-Bukit Timah and Nee Soon GRCs

Shanmugam-led team in Nee Soon GRC garners 73.81% of votes against slate led by RDU chief Ravi Philemon; PAP retains Holland-Bukit Timah GRC with 79.29% vote share

From left: The PAP team for Holland-Bukit Timah GRC features Christopher de Souza, Sim Ann, Vivian Balakrishnan and Edward Chia (extreme right). With them is Liang Eng Hwa (second from right), who will defend the single-seat Bukit Panjang ward.
SINGAPORE GE2025

GE2025: RDU takes on PAP incumbents in Holland-Bukit Timah GRC debut

SDP stalwart Paul Tambyah and four-term MP Liang Eng Hwa are up for a Bukit Panjang rematch 

Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing last November.

Beijing party chief, Politburo member Yin Li to visit Singapore

The visit, from Feb 19 to 22, will be his first in his current capacity

Multilateral platforms like the East Asia Summit have allowed Asean to play a key role.

Singapore’s membership in international bodies must be based on national interests: Vivian Balakrishnan

What is important is that these emerging blocs do not undermine Asean centrality, says the minister

(From left) This comes after Lee Hsien Yang accused ministers K Shanmugam and Vivian Balakrishnan of getting preferential treatment from the Singapore Land Authority over their rental properties in Ridout Road.

Lee Hsien Yang pays Shanmugam, Vivian over S$600,000 for defaming them in Facebook post

LEE Hsien Yang has paid Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam and Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan more than S$600,000 for defaming them in a social media post about their rental of two black-and-whit...

Prime Minister Lawrence Wong receiving a call from India’s delegation to the second India-Singapore Ministerial Roundtable on Aug 26.

Singapore and India add semiconductors, air connectivity to high-level ministerial discussions

ADVANCED manufacturing and semiconductors, as well as aviation and maritime connectivity, are new areas that Singapore and India have added to a high-level platform for discussing ways to enhance bila...