Singaporeans across the city state went to their designated polling stations on Friday to vote in a general election.
Fireworks lit up Singapore's sky as crowds celebrated the city state's 50th anniversary on Sunday, an occasion of national pride the ruling party is expected to exploit by calling an election next month.
Chinese Vice President Li Yuanchao attended the celebration of Singapore's 50th anniversary of independence on Sunday.
China and Singapore on Monday pledged to further promote substantial cooperation between the two sides, as Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Foreign Affairs Minister K Shanmugam during his two-day visit to the city state.
Chinese Vice-President Li Yuanchao will visit Singapore from Aug 8 to 10 as a special envoy of President Xi Jinping, said Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang on Monday.
The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) and the Vietnam People's Army kicked off the first practical cooperation on military medicine, said Singapore's Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen Thursday.
Sherin Fathimah Syed Abdul Ravoof, a Singaporean woman who has evacuated from Yemen with her four children via Chinese frigate Linyi, told Xinhua by phone that they are really grateful for boarding the Chinese vessel.
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