At a meeting with Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga - President of the Viet Nam Union of Friendship Organizations (VUFO) on July 7, Singapore International Foundation (SIF) Executive Director Jean Tan said SIF was seeking opportunities to cooperate with Vietnam in the fields of health, culture, and water resources. These will be specific activities to strengthen people-to-people diplomacy and mutual understanding between the two countries, said she.

On the sidelines of the State visit of President Nguyen Xuan Phuc to Singapore on February 25, the Vietnam-Singapore Friendship Association had a working session and awarded the medal of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations to the Singapore International Foundation