Vietnam considers France top important partner: President
Vietnam considers France a leading important partner in its diplomatic policy, President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has told visiting President of the French Senate Gérard Larcher.
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc (R) and President of the French Senate Gérard Larcher (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam considers France a leading important partner in it🥂s diplomatic policy, President Ng💦uyen Xuan Phuc has told visiting President of the French Senate Gérard Larcher.
Duringa reception for the French leader in Hanoi on December 8, Phuc described economiccooperation as an important pillar of the Vietnam-France strategic partnership.
Franceis always a leading Eu🍃ropean trade, investment and development assistancepartner of Vietnam, he said, adding two-way trade surged by 18% year on year to 3.51 billion USD in the first eight months of this year which is expected to grow strongly on the back of theEU-Vietnam Free Trade A▨greement (EVFTA).
The Vietnamese President suggested the French Senate soon approve the EU-Vietnam Investment ProtectionAgreement (EVIPA) and prompt the European Commission to remove its "yellow card" warning against Vietnam’s aquatic products. Progresshas also been seen in cultural-educational and medical cooperation. On this occasion, Phuc thanked France for providing Vietnam with 5.5 million COVID-19vaccine doses. Having congratulated France on its inauguration of the new headquarters of the French Institute in Hanoi and expressed his support for the planned establishment of the French Institute's branch in Ho ChiMinh City, Phuc expected that France would help Vietnam restore the Complexof Hue Monuments and provide more scholarships for Vietnamese students. The Vietnamese leader said France is the only country that Vietnam has formed a periodic androtating partnership conference mechanism between localities. He asked theSenate President and French senators to mobilise leaders of the French Government andlocalities to attend the 12th partnership conference betweenVietnamese and French localities scheduled to take place in April 2023 in Hanoi. Larcher,for his part, told the host that the two countries had unveiled the logo of the 50th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties in the morning of the same day. HailingVietnam’s important contributions to peace and stability in the region and theworld in which France also wants to play a part, he said France also supports freedom of overflight and navigation in the East Sea. The Senate President thanked Vietnam for donating masks to France during the initial stage of the COVID-19 pandemic and wished to further develop the French language movement in Vietnam. Phuc suggested the French Senate support Vietnam and ASEAN’s stance onthe East Sea, ensuring freedom, security and safety of aviation and navigation, maintaining peaceand stability in the East Sea while peacefully settling disputes in line withinternational law and the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). Withabout 300,000 Vietnamese living and working in France, the Vietnamese leader hoped for more support from theFrench Government and Senate to uphold their role asa bridge of friendship and cooperation between the two nations. Phuc asked Larcher to convey his invitation to French President Emmanuel Macron to visitVietnam soon./.
President of the French Senate Gérard Larcher has said his upcoming visit to Vietnam demonstrates France’s close relations with the Southeast Asian nation as well as France’s confidence in their bilateral cooperation and friendship.
French Senate President Gérard Larcher arrived in Hanoi on December 8 morning, beginning an official visit to Vietnam at the invitation of National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue.
French Senate President Gérard Larcher attended a ceremony in Hanoi on December 8 to inaugurate the new headquarters of the French Institute in Vietnam, as part of his ongoing official visit to the Southeast Asian country.
National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue and visiting President of the French Senate Gérard Larcher co-hosted a ceremony in Hanoi on December 8 to launch activities in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Vietnam-France diplomatic ties next year.
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Nghia affirmed that this is a milestone of special significance, affirming and honouring the the Vietnamese revolutionary press’s glorious tradition of 100 years of serving the revolutionary cause of the Party, serving the Fatherland, and serving the people.
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President Nguyen Xuan Phuc (R) and President of the French Senate Gérard Larcher (Photo: VNA) 
