Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on June 1 arrived in Hanoi,
successfully concluding his trip to Singapore to attend the 12th
Shangri La Dialogue.
During his stay in Singapore
from May 31 to June 1, PM Dung attended and delivered a keynote
address in the capacity of the keynote speaker at the dialogue. He also
paid a courtesy call to the host country’s President Tony Tan Keng Yam
and met its Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.
His keynote address at the 12th Shangri La Dialogue in the evening of
May 31 highlighted the role of a strategic trust among Asia-Pacific
nations for peace, stability and prosperity in the region. The address
also reconfirmed Vietnam ’s defense policy, which is self-defense and
for peace.
He later answered questions raised by
delegates attending the dialogue. During the session, PM Dung
re-affirmed that as a littoral nation, Vietnam is determined to protect
its sovereignty and legitimate rights in the East Sea in accordance with
international law, especially the 1982 United Nations Convention on
the Law of the Sea (1982 UNCLOS).
The PM said
Vietnam , once again, calls upon ASE AN and China to implement
seriously the Declaration on the Conducts of Parties on the East Sea
(DOC) in an honest and sincere manner and try their best to work towards
a Code of Conduct in the East Sea (COC).
“We all
should join hands to build strategic trust for peace, stability,
cooperation, development and common prosperity,” he stressed.
Regarding a question on maritime security and safety in the East
Sea , the PM said that peace, stability, cooperation, development,
prosperity as well as maritime security, safety and freedom of
navigation are the common interest, desire and goal of the region and
the world.
In answering a question regarding to the
trust towards the US and China, PM Dung said that the two countries are
big powers in the world, which have the biggest roles and
responsibilities to the future relations of their own as well as to
peace, cooperation, development, and common prosperity of the region and
the world.
The Vietnamese government leader
expressed his confidence and hope that as two world powers, the two
countries are clearly aware of their roles, responsibilities and
interests, and have practical and suitable strategies and activities in
order to contribute more to peace, stability, cooperation, development
and common prosperity.
Before leaving for Vietnam , PM Dung on the morning of June 1 met with leaders of Singapore ’s large corporations.
The PM told the chief executives that Vietnam will continue improving
its investment environment, developing infrastructure and training
skilled workforce to meet investors’ demands.-VNA