Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong (L) welcomed by President of France’s National Assembly Francois de Rugy (Source: VNA)Paris (VNA) – General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam(CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong asked Vietnam and France to bringtheir cooperation, especially in trade and investment, on par with theirpolitical ties while meeting with President of France’s National AssemblyFrancois de Rugy in Paris on March 26.
The Party leader expressed his wish that the two countriespromote cooperation in culture, education and training, which are potentialfields for bilateral cooperation.
He thanked the French National Assembly for sharingexperience in legislative work, monitoring and supporting human resourcestraining.
He said he hopes that France’s legislative body willcontinue working with Vietnam, especially in the context that Vietnam istweaking its legal system and enhancing the role of the National Assembly andelected bodies.
Rugy expressed his admiration of Vietnam’s developmentachievements and its emerging position in the region and the world.
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Hailing the 45 years of diplomatic relations between Franceand Vietnam, the French legislator said that the visit of General SecretaryTrong will contribute to cooperation between the two countries to make it matchtheir five-year-old strategic partnership framework.
The two leaders lauded cooperation in the past years betweenthe two legislative bodies, while agreeing that the parliaments should continueto increase the exchange of delegations in order to learn from each other.
The Party chief suggested the French National Assemblysupport and ratify the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement soon.
He took the occasion to invite Rugy to visit Vietnam onbehalf of Vietnamese National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan.-VNA
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