Addressing the event, Deputy MayorChristophe Bouchet said that his city sees great opportunities forcooperation with Vietnam due to cultural similarities between the twosides.
The French city has increased activities to step up thebilateral cooperation, hoping Vietnam to become its long-term economicpartner, added Bouchet.
He also noted that cultural exchangeactivities between the two sides have been boosted through photoexhibitions, film screening programmes, and Vietnamese art troupes’programmes in France.
Ambassador Duong Tri Dung briefedparticipants on the development of bilateral cooperation between the twocountries, especially economy, noting that two-way trade reached 3.5billion EUR (4.86 billion USD) last year.
He also highlightedthe two countries’ great potential of economic cooperation, andencouraged businesses in Indre et Loire department to invest in Vietnam.
The conference also heard a report presented by commercialcounsellor of the Vietnamese Embassy in France Nguyen Canh Cuong,focusing on investment opportunities and the country’s promising fields,including garment and textile, footwear, aquatic products, machineryand infrastructure.
In another move, Chairman of theTouraine-Vietnam Friendship Association Jean-Jacques Rousselleintroduced the 2014 Vietnamese Spring in Touraine programme thatfeatured 30 activities related to culture, cuisine, and arts, at ameeting held by the association and the Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire city.
Ambassador Dung thanked the association for its contributions to theVietnam Year in France and the boosting of the mutual understanding andfriendship between the two countries as well.-VNA
