Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong (L) shakes hands with French President Emmanuel Macron during his France visit in March 2018 (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – National Assembly (NA) ChairwomanNguyen Thi Kim Ngan’s visit to France,made at the invitation of President of the National Assembly of France RichardFerrand, is the first official one by a NA leader of Vietnam after 11 years,aiming to accelerate the Vietnam-France strategic partnership.
Vietnam and France set up diplomatic relations in April,1973. The two sides signed a Joint Statement on establishing strategicpartnership in 2013 during the visit of then Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.
The sound political relations between the two countries havebeen marked by high-level meetings, including the 2016 visit of FrenchPresident Francois Hollande, and the 2018 visit of Party General SecretaryNguyen Phu Trong.
The two sides have maintained many cooperation mechanisms, includingdefence-security strategic dialogue and an annual high-level economic dialogue.
Parliamentary partnership has been growing with regulardelegation exchanges and collaboration at multilateral parliamentary forums,especially the Inter-Parliamentary Union.
The NA of Vietnam has signed agreements with the Senate andNational Assembly of France. The two parliaments have set up bilateralfriendship parliamentarian groups.
France is the fourth largest trade partner of Vietnam inEurope after Germany, the UK and the Netherlands. The country made a two-waytrade value of 5.1 billion USD with Vietnam in 2018, ranking third amongEuropean countries. It is the 16th biggest investor of Vietnam withtotal investment of 2.8 billion USD, and the leading European ODA provider withtotal committed capital of 3 billion EUR.
Education-training partnership between the two countries hasdeveloped since early 1980s as France has considered education-training a priorityin its cooperation with Vietnam, focusing in teaching and popularizing French,tertiary education and post-graduate education in economy, banking, finance,law and new technology.
They have seen progresses in affiliation in science-technology,security-defence, locality-to-locality cooperation, and health care.
As members of the International Organisation of LaFrancophonie (IOF), Vietnam and France have made many collaboration activitieswithin the organisation’s framework.
The visit of NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan is takingplace when the two countries are to organise the 11th conference ofcooperation between Vietnamese and French localities.
The visit is expected to promote bilateral cooperation inall fields, making the Vietnam-France strategic partnership more practical. Itis hoped to help realize the outcomes of Party General Secretary Nguyen PhuTrong’s past visit and materialize the bilateral joint statement on parliamentarycooperation.-VNA
Vietnam and France set up diplomatic relations in April,1973. The two sides signed a Joint Statement on establishing strategicpartnership in 2013 during the visit of then Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.
The sound political relations between the two countries havebeen marked by high-level meetings, including the 2016 visit of FrenchPresident Francois Hollande, and the 2018 visit of Party General SecretaryNguyen Phu Trong.
The two sides have maintained many cooperation mechanisms, includingdefence-security strategic dialogue and an annual high-level economic dialogue.
Parliamentary partnership has been growing with regulardelegation exchanges and collaboration at multilateral parliamentary forums,especially the Inter-Parliamentary Union.
The NA of Vietnam has signed agreements with the Senate andNational Assembly of France. The two parliaments have set up bilateralfriendship parliamentarian groups.
France is the fourth largest trade partner of Vietnam inEurope after Germany, the UK and the Netherlands. The country made a two-waytrade value of 5.1 billion USD with Vietnam in 2018, ranking third amongEuropean countries. It is the 16th biggest investor of Vietnam withtotal investment of 2.8 billion USD, and the leading European ODA provider withtotal committed capital of 3 billion EUR.
Education-training partnership between the two countries hasdeveloped since early 1980s as France has considered education-training a priorityin its cooperation with Vietnam, focusing in teaching and popularizing French,tertiary education and post-graduate education in economy, banking, finance,law and new technology.
They have seen progresses in affiliation in science-technology,security-defence, locality-to-locality cooperation, and health care.
As members of the International Organisation of LaFrancophonie (IOF), Vietnam and France have made many collaboration activitieswithin the organisation’s framework.
The visit of NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan is takingplace when the two countries are to organise the 11th conference ofcooperation between Vietnamese and French localities.
The visit is expected to promote bilateral cooperation inall fields, making the Vietnam-France strategic partnership more practical. Itis hoped to help realize the outcomes of Party General Secretary Nguyen PhuTrong’s past visit and materialize the bilateral joint statement on parliamentarycooperation.-VNA
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