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| ”'[[Association of Southeast Asian Nations|ASEAN]]”’ ||9 October<br />{{flagicon|Laos}} [[Vientiane]] || style=”background:#3Cb371;”|26-28 October <br/> {{flagicon|Malaysia}} || style=”background:#3Cb371;”|TBC <br/> {{flagicon|Philippines}} || style=”background:#3Cb371;”|TBC <br/> {{flagicon|Singapore}}

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| ”'[[East Asia Summit]]”’ ||11 October<br />{{flagicon|Laos}} [[Vientiane]] || style=”background:#3Cb371;” | 26-28 October <br/>{{flagicon|Malaysia}} || style=”background:#3Cb371;”|TBC <br/> {{flagicon|Philippines}} || style=”background:#3Cb371;”|TBC <br/> {{flagicon|Singapore}}

| ”'[[East Asia Summit]]”’ ||11 October<br />{{flagicon|Laos}} [[Vientiane]] || 26-28 October <br/>{{flagicon|Malaysia}} || style=”background:#3Cb371;”|TBC <br/> {{flagicon|Philippines}} || style=”background:#3Cb371;”|TBC <br/> {{flagicon|Singapore}}

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|”'[[G20]]”’ || [[2024 G20 Rio de Janeiro summit|November 17-20]] <br />{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Rio de Janeiro]]|| style=”background:#3Cb371;”|[[2025 G20 Johannesburg Summit|November 22-23]] <br/> {{flagicon|South Africa}} [[Johannesburg]] || style=”background:#3Cb371;”|TBC <br/>{{flagicon|United States of America}}

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|”'[[Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting|CHOGM]]”’|| [[2024 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting|23-26 October]] <br/>{{flagicon|Samoa}} [[Apia]] || style=”background:#dcdcdc;”|”None”|| style=”background:#3Cb371;”|TBC <br/> {{flagicon|Antigua and Barbuda}} [[St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda|Saint John’s]] || style=”background:#dcdcdc;”|”None”

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This is a list of international prime ministerial trips made by Lawrence Wong, the 4th Prime Minister of Singapore.

Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, who took the office of Prime Minister of Singapore on 15 May 2024, made his first prime ministerial trip to meet with his counter-part Sultan of Brunei, Hassanal Bolkiah on 11 June 2024 at Bandar Seri Begawan.^[1] As of September 2025, Wong has made 15 international trips to 15 countries since becoming Prime Minister.

By convention, the Prime Minister of Singapore does not usually attend the UN General Assembly or the COP Summits and instead is represented by the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Sustainability and the Environment respectively.

Singapore is not an official member of G20, however, it has been regularly invited to all G20 Summits from 2010, with the exception of the 2012 Summit.

The number of visits per country where Prime Minister Wong traveled are:

• One: Australia, Brazil, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Samoa, Thailand, and Vietnam
• Two: Indonesia
• Four: Malaysia

#	Country	Areas visited	Dates	Details
1	Brunei	Bandar Seri Begawan	June 11	Introductory visit to Brunei as Prime Minister. Met separately with Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah and His Royal Highness Senior Minister Al-Muhtadee Billah together with Her Royal Highness Paduka Seri Pengiran Anak Isteri Pengiran Anak Sarah.[2]
	Malaysia	Putrajaya	June 12	Introductory visit to Malaysia as Prime Minister. Met with PM Anwar Ibrahim.[3]
2	Laos	Vientiane	9–12 October	Attended the 44th & 45th ASEAN Summits and related summits and also introductory Visit to Laos, first ASEAN Summits as Singapore PM. Held a bilateral meeting with and was hosted to dinner by Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone and called on Laos President Thongloun Sisoulith. Held bilateral meetings with Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, Thailand Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra and Chinese Premier Li Qiang on the sidelines of the ASEAN Summits.[4]
3	Indonesia	Jakarta	20 October	Attended inauguration of Prabowo Subianto as President, offered personal congratulations.[5][6]
4	Samoa	Apia	23–26 October	Attended the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Apia, Samoa, first CHOGM as Prime Minister. Held bilateral meetings with New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, Samoa Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata’afa, Guyana President Mohamed Irfaan Ali, Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Attended a reception hosted by His Majesty King Charles for new Commonwealth Leaders.[7][8]
5	Indonesia	Jakarta	5–6 November	Introductory Visit to Indonesia as Prime Minister. Met President Prabowo Subianto, Vice-President Gibran Rakabuming Raka, Speaker of the People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR) Ahmad Muzani and Regional Representative Council (DPD) Sultan Bachtair Najamudin.[9]
6	Peru	Lima	14–16 November	Attended the APEC Peru 2024 Summit, accompanied by Minister for Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan. Held bilateral meetings with Peru President Dina Boluarte, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee, New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Taiwan Representative Lin Hsin-i on the sidelines.
	Brazil	Rio de Janeiro	17–20 November	Attended the 2024 G20 Rio de Janeiro summit. Wong met with Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and announced the upgrade of bilateral relations to a “Comprehensive Strategic Partnership” from 2025.[10] Wong met with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, where both Scholz and Wong announced the upgrade of the Singapore-Germany relations to a Strategic Partnership.[11] Wong also met European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on the sidelines.[12] Met with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and thanked him for facilitating Singapore’s aid to Gaze. Made a telephone call with President-elect Donald Trump on the sidelines and congratulated him on his election victory.[13] Wong also joined other leaders at the launch of a “Declaration on Digital Public Infrastructure, Artificial Intelligence and Data Governance”.[14]
7	Thailand	Bangkok	28 November	Introductory visit to Thailand as Prime Minister. Met with Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra. Invited her to visit Singapore in 2025 as part of the 60th year of bilateral relations.[15] Met with King Vajiralongkorn and Queen Suthida before returning.[16][17]

#	Country	Areas visited	Dates	Details
8	Malaysia	Putrajaya	6–7 January	11th Singapore-Malaysia Annual Leaders’ Retreat. Hosted to dinner by Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and met Ibrahim Iskandar of Johor on the morning of 7th December. Attended an official welcome ceremony which was followed by a delegation meeting between both leaders and their delegations. Witnessed the exchange of several bilateral agreements and MOUs including on the Singapore-Malaysia Special Economic Zone[18][19]
9	Vietnam	Hanoi	25–26 March	Introductory Visit to Vietnam. Called on Communist Party of Vietnam General Secretary Tô Lâm and President Lương Cường, met Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính and Chairman of the National Assembly Trần Thanh Mẫn. [20][21]
10	Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	26–27 May	Visit to Malaysia for the 46th ASEAN Summit between ASEAN Leaders and the ASEAN-GCC-China and ASEAN-GCC Summits on May 27.[22][23][24]
11	Philippines	Manila	June 4-5	Introductory Visit to Philippines at the invitation of Philippine President Bongbong Marcos. Participated in a wreath-laying ceremony at Rizal Monument and was ceremonially welcomed at Malacanang Palace and called on President Marcos. Hosted to an Official Dinner by President Marcos. following their meeting. [25][26]
12	China	Beijing, Tianjin	22-26 June	Introductory visit to China as Prime Minister, at the invitation of Chinese Premier Li Qiang. Met with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Premier Li Qiang and Chairman of the National People’s Congress Zhao Leji. Attended the ‘Annual Meeting of the New Champions’, commonly known as Summer Davos.[27][28]
13	Cambodia	Phnom Penh	2 July	Introductory Visit to Cambodia. Met with Prime Minister Hun Manet, King Norodom Sihamoni, and others.[29]
14	India	New Delhi	2-4 September	Introductory Visit to India as Prime Minister, at the invitation of Narendra Modi.[30]
15	Australia	Canberra & Sydney	6-9 October	Introductory to Australia to commemorate the 60th year of Singapore-Australia relations. Wong participated in the 10th Singapore-Australia Leaders’ Meeting with Prime Minister Albanese and the signing of the Joint Declaration to launch CSP 2.0. Wong called on Governor-General Sam Mostyn and met Leader of the Opposition Sussan Ley, New South Wales Premier Chris Minns, senior business leaders, and held a dialogue at the Lowy Institute. Laid wreaths at the Australian War Memorial.[31][32][33]
	New Zealand	Auckland	9-11 October	Introductory Visit to New Zealand as Prime Minister, coinciding with the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations with New Zealand. Prime Minister Wong participated in a delegation meeting with Prime Minister Luxon, and the signing of the Joint Vision Statement to launch the Singapore-New Zealand Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. Laid wreaths at the Auckland War Memorial Museum.[31]
16	Malaysia	Kuala Lumper	26-28 October	Attended the 47th ASEAN Summit and related meetings in Malaysia from October 26 to 28.[34] Met with Brazil President Lula da Silva, South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa, President of the European Council António Costa, Thailand Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Malaysia Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on the sidelines.

Multilateral meetings of the following intergovernmental organizations that Singapore is a member of (or invited to) are scheduled to take place during Wong’s term in office.