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Francophone delegation seeks trade, investment opportunities in Vietnam

A Francophone delegation for trade and economic promotion is visiting Vietnam from March 21 – 30 to help French-speaking enterprises expand business overseas and promote sustainable post-pandemic recovery.
Francophone delegation seeks trade, investment opportunities in Vietnam ảnh 1Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (left) meets General Secretary of the International Organisation of La Francophonie (OIF) Louise Mushikiwabo during his official visit to France last November. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – A Francophone delegation for tradeand economic promotion is visiting Vietnam from March 21 – 30 to helpFrench-speaking enterprises expand business overseas and promote sustainablepost-pandemic recovery.

Led by General Secretary of the International Organisationof La Francophonie (OIF) Louise Mushikiwabo, the visit forms part of theefforts to implement the Francophone Economic Development Strategy from 2020 –2025.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs revealed that thedelegation includes about 70 French-speaking companies, the largest number offoreign firms visiting Vietnam since the country entered the “new normal” phasepost-COVID-19.

From March 21 – 26, enterprises from 24 Francophonecountries and OIF member governments are scheduled to meet with over 420Vietnamese firms to discuss business and investment projects, mostly in thethree main areas of agriculture – food processing, sustainable energy,commodity and digital services.

The delegation will cooperate with Vietnamese ministries andagencies to host a Francophone business forum in Ho Chi Minh City on March 22 –23 and the Vietnam – Francophone high-level economic in Hanoi on March 24 tointroduce Vietnam’s strategic orientation, business and investment opportunitiesand the local business climate.

Various B2B meetings, fact-finding trips and gala dinnerswill be held to accelerate economic and trade cooperation between theFrancophone community and Vietnamese partners.

Founded in 1970, the OIF now has 88 member states andobservers. Together they account for 16 percent of the global population and16.5 percent of the world’s total assets.

Since becoming an OIF member in 1979, Vietnam has consistently strengthened partnership with the Francophonecommunity and been an active and core member of the organisation inAsia-Pacific. It hosted the Francophone Summit in 1997.

Vietnamese Ambassador Tran Thi Hoang Mai was appointed ashead of the Francophone representative office in West Africa last year. She isthe first Asian to head a regional OIF office overseas./.
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