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How Singapore and Vietnam should build strategic complementarity

Its promise lies in higher-value cooperation and offering a replicable model for Asean

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    • The Vietnam-Singapore Industrial Park network remains one of the most concrete symbols of the partnership between both countries.
    • The Vietnam-Singapore Industrial Park network remains one of the most concrete symbols of the partnership between both countries. PHOTO: VSIP

    Banh Thi Hang

    Published Tue, May 26, 2026 · 07:00 AM

    VIETNAMESE President To Lam is expected to visit Singapore for the Shangri-La Dialogue happening from Friday (May 29) to Sunday.

    It will be his second visit to Singapore in just over a year, a sign that Hanoi increasingly sees Singapore as not only an economic partner, but also a strategic node in South-east Asia.

    His March 2025 visit paved the way for the elevation of bilateral ties to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership (CSP), the first such framework between Singapore and a fellow Asean member. This should also be viewed as a wider regional equation.

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