From left: Parliamentary Secretary for Culture, Community and Youth Baey Yam Keng, director of the Vietnam Centre for Intellectual Cooperation Nguyen Canh Binh, Singapore’s Ambassador to Vietnam Catherine Wong and Vietnam’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Dang Dinh Quy (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - The Vietnamese version of the book The Singapore Story:Memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew was officially launched at a ceremony in Hanoi on March23.
Thebook, written by the late leader and describing the development of hiscity-state, was jointly published by Omega Books and The Gioi (World)Publishers.
The768-page book is only the first volume of a 1,700-page memoir. The secondvolume, entitled From Third World to First, has also been translated intoVietnamese and will be presented to the public next week.
“Everyoneknows Lee Kuan Yew (1923-2015) as a legendary personality in Asia, the foundingfather of Singapore,” said Dang Dinh Quy, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs ofVietnam, at the book launch ceremony, which took place on occasion of the official visit to Vietnam of Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and the second death anniversary of his father, Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew.
“Hewas a good and longtime friend of many leaders of Vietnam and of the Vietnamesepeople. The book can be very useful and can teach interesting lessons for officialsand young people,” he added.
Thememoirs describe how a "third-world state" with few naturalresources, a weak economy and undeveloped society, became one of the mostadvanced countries in the world and an international financial centre withadvanced science and technologies.
Inhis book, Lee described in detail the events that led Singapore to independenceand its reconstruction as the "Dragon of Asia".
Aconference about the life and career of Lee Kuan Yew was held after the booklaunching ceremony.
Thetwo volumes will be available at major libraries in Vietnam from April.-VNA
Regional academics have described how the strategic vision of late Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew nurtured the relationship between Singapore and Vietnam, who are now special partners within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
A series of books on Singapore and its founding father Lee Kuan Yew were introduced in Ho Chi Minh City on August 17 to mark the 51st anniversary of Singapore (August 8).
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and visiting Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong have agreed to foster strategic trust, promote cooperation in integration and further deepen the strategic partnership between the two countries.
Measures to enhance Vietnam-Singapore economic, trade and investment partnerships were among issues mentioned at a meeting between President Tran Dai Quang and Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Nguyen Phu Trong spoke highly of the cooperation between the CPV and the People’s Action Party of Singapore.
The Vietnamese team will gather on June 26 in Ba Ria-Vung Tau, where they will train until July 14 before departing for Indonesia for the ASEAN U23 Championship 2025, which runs from July 15 to 29. Vietnam will face Laos on July 19 and Cambodia on July 22 in the group stage.
The exhibition showcases more than 100 valuable documents and artifacts, divided into two main parts: “Journalist Nguyen Ai Quoc – Ho Chi Minh” and “President Ho Chi Minh – Founder and Mentor of Vietnamese Revolutionary Press.” This is an opportunity to recall the late leader’s journalism journey and affirm his exceptional role in founding and guiding the revolutionary press in Vietnam.
For the first time, the World DanceSport Federation (WDSF) has granted Vietnam hosting rights for the two championships, including the Asian women’s solo category, which debuts this year as an officially recognised event.
Eight teams will join the tournament, divided into two groups. Group A features Vietnam, the Philippines, Sichuan Club (China), and Australia, while Group B consists of Vietnam U21, Korabelka Club (Russia), Taiwan (China), and U21 Thailand.
Despite strong home support and high expectations, Vietnam were unable to overcome the defending champions, who secured their third consecutive win over Vietnam in a regional final, following previous victories in 2014 and 2023.
The event, part of Vietnam’s cultural diplomacy strategy through 2030, was jointly organised by the Vietnamese Embassy in Venezuela and USM’s Faculty of International Relations. It attracted thousands of students from universities across Venezuela.
For the first time, Vietnamese audiences will have the opportunity to experience the ballet masterpiece "Don Quixote" in its original version by renowned choreographer Marius Petipa.
The contest carried deep meaning as it was the first time the life of Vietnamese women abroad had been highlighted as the central theme, said poet and writer Nguyen Quang Thieu, Chairman of the Vietnam Writers’ Association.
The event formed part of Vietnam’s ongoing campaign to seek UNESCO World Heritage status for the complex at the 47th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, scheduled to take place in Paris in July.
Creative cultural festivals are fast emerging as a new catalyst for tourism development in Vietnam, as localities increasingly invest in these vibrant events on a more systematic and larger scale.
This marks the first time Vietnam has hosted a continental-level Muay event which will feature competitions across 28 weight categories in combat and eight performance categories.
Coming to the Vietnamese booth, visitors had the chance to take part in a bamboo dance, a workshop on painting woven bamboo or rattan, or quizzes about Vietnam.
These are impressive achievements, not only showing the efforts and prowess of Vietnamese paddlers but also serving as proof of the sports sector’s strategic and systematic investment.
The cultural event in Canberra not only fostered cultural exchanges between Vietnam and Australia but also contributed to promoting Vietnam’s image internationally
The U23 competition will run from June 16 to 22, followed by the U17 event from June 23 to 28, while athletes competing in the U23 category will undergo weight and skill checks ahead of the matches starting June 18, while similar checks for U17 athletes will take place before June 23.
Vietnam continues to sit just behind continental powerhouses Japan, the Republic of Korea, Australia, China, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
From left: Parliamentary Secretary for Culture, Community and Youth Baey Yam Keng, director of the Vietnam Centre for Intellectual Cooperation Nguyen Canh Binh, Singapore’s Ambassador to Vietnam Catherine Wong and Vietnam’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Dang Dinh Quy (Photo: VNA) 
