Secretary of the Hanoi municipal Party Committee Hoang Trung Hai (R) presents a Friendship Order to French Ambassador Bertrand Lortholary (Photo: VNA) Paris (VNA) – Secretaryof the Hanoi municipal Party Committee Hoang Trung Hai has affirmed thatVietnam always highly values France’s role and position in its foreign policy andwill do its best to foster bilateral ties in the near future.
Speaking at a ceremony recentlyheld in Paris to celebrate Vietnam’s 74th National Day, Hai, who isalso a Politburo member of the Communist Party of Vietnam, hailed ties betweenHanoi and France’s Ile de France region as a model, which was also acknowledgedby French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe during his visit to Vietnam inNovember 2018.
Thanks to joint work over thepast three decades, Hanoi has reaped impressive achievements in urban planningand management, preservation of its Old Quarter and handicraft development.
Hai said the two localities willsoon launch projects on start-up incubators, air pollution prevention andclimate change adaptation.
On behalf of the State President,the Hanoi leader presented a Friendship Order to French Ambassador BertrandLortholary in recognition of his contributions to Vietnam-France strategicpartnership during his tenure in Vietnam from 2016-2019.
Lortholary, for his part, saidthe year 2018 marked the 45th anniversary of bilateral diplomaticties and the fifth anniversary of the strategic partnership, during whichmutual visits by Vietnamese Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong in Marchand French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe in November laid the foundation forbilateral exchanges and cooperation and paved the way for effective projects.
He said the France visit by VietnameseNational Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and a cooperation conferencebetween Vietnamese and French localities in April 2019 were further efforts tolift bilateral ties to a new height.
Vietnamese Ambassador to FranceNguyen Thiep also took the occasion to present awards to three Frenchjournalists and photographers within the framework of the national competition offoreign press works about Vietnam 2018.
The competition attracted 1,000authors with entries written in 13 foreign languages. The organising boardchose the top 90 entries, including eight first, 17 second, 25 third and 10consolation prizes.
Thiep spoke highly of entries bythe three French journalists and photographers, including two second and onethird prizes.
On September 16, the Vietnameseembassy in Slovakia held a ceremony to celebrate the 74th anniversary of Vietnam’s National Day, with over 200 guests taking part.
Earlier, the embassy and theCzech Republic’s Eleutheria Foundation opened an exhibition on Vietnamesepropaganda paintings during 1945 – 2000, which will last till September 22./.
Speaking at a ceremony recentlyheld in Paris to celebrate Vietnam’s 74th National Day, Hai, who isalso a Politburo member of the Communist Party of Vietnam, hailed ties betweenHanoi and France’s Ile de France region as a model, which was also acknowledgedby French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe during his visit to Vietnam inNovember 2018.
Thanks to joint work over thepast three decades, Hanoi has reaped impressive achievements in urban planningand management, preservation of its Old Quarter and handicraft development.
Hai said the two localities willsoon launch projects on start-up incubators, air pollution prevention andclimate change adaptation.
On behalf of the State President,the Hanoi leader presented a Friendship Order to French Ambassador BertrandLortholary in recognition of his contributions to Vietnam-France strategicpartnership during his tenure in Vietnam from 2016-2019.
Lortholary, for his part, saidthe year 2018 marked the 45th anniversary of bilateral diplomaticties and the fifth anniversary of the strategic partnership, during whichmutual visits by Vietnamese Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong in Marchand French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe in November laid the foundation forbilateral exchanges and cooperation and paved the way for effective projects.
He said the France visit by VietnameseNational Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and a cooperation conferencebetween Vietnamese and French localities in April 2019 were further efforts tolift bilateral ties to a new height.
Vietnamese Ambassador to FranceNguyen Thiep also took the occasion to present awards to three Frenchjournalists and photographers within the framework of the national competition offoreign press works about Vietnam 2018.
The competition attracted 1,000authors with entries written in 13 foreign languages. The organising boardchose the top 90 entries, including eight first, 17 second, 25 third and 10consolation prizes.
Thiep spoke highly of entries bythe three French journalists and photographers, including two second and onethird prizes.
On September 16, the Vietnameseembassy in Slovakia held a ceremony to celebrate the 74th anniversary of Vietnam’s National Day, with over 200 guests taking part.
Earlier, the embassy and theCzech Republic’s Eleutheria Foundation opened an exhibition on Vietnamesepropaganda paintings during 1945 – 2000, which will last till September 22./.
VNA
