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TODAY’s brief, Monday, Aug 29

Welcome ceremony for Vietnamese President at Istana; UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon visits Singapore; and Pakistan hosts economic summit with China.

Vietnam President Tran Dai Quang. AFP file photo.

Vietnam President Tran Dai Quang. AFP file photo.

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Vietnamese President kicks off official elements of S’pore state visit

Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang kicks off the official elements of his state visit to Singapore on Monday, with an official welcome ceremony at the Istana. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will meet the Vietnamese President and host him to lunch, while President Tony Tan Keng Yam will host Mr Quang to a State Dinner in the evening.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in working visit to Singapore

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is making a working visit to Singapore from today to tomorrow. Today, he will share his experiences as UN Secretary-General and his perspectives of the UN’s role in global issues, in the Singapore Management University’s Ho Rih Hwa Leadership in Asia Public Lecture Series. During his visit, he will call on Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and will be hosted to lunch by Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong, and meet Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Vivian Balakrishnan. Mr Ban will be accompanied by his wife and senior officials from the UN. His last visit here was in 2012.

Pakistan hosts China-Pakistan Economic Corridor summit

Pakistan hosts a summit on the US$46 billion (S$62.5 billion) China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, critical to China’s implementation of its One-Belt One-Road initiative. Government officials from both countries as well as executives from companies eager for the power, infrastructure and engineering contracts on offer, to attend Islamabad event.

Weather forecast

Thundery showers are expected mainly over southern, eastern and western Singapore in the late morning and early afternoon, with temperatures ranging from 25°C to 33°C.

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