Chairman of the City People's Committee Nguyen Van Phuong presented a souvenir to the Mayor of Paris.

At the reception, Chairman of the City People's Committee Nguyen Van Phuong expressed his pleasure to welcome Ms. Anne Hidalgo and the delegation. He emphasized the traditional friendship and cooperation between Vietnam and France over the past 50 years, especially after the two countries upgraded their relationship to Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in October 2024, after General Secretary To Lam visited and worked in France.

Reviewing the outstanding milestones of cooperation between Hue and French partners in recent times, the Chairman of the City People's Committee said: In 2023, Hue successfully coordinated to organize the event "Hue by light" to close the series of activities celebrating the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and France and the 10th anniversary of the Strategic Partnership. The city also actively promoted cooperation programs on culture, education, health, tourism and heritage conservation with many localities and organizations of France.

Chairman of the City People's Committee Nguyen Van Phuong emphasized that Hue is honored to be chosen by the AIMF Association as the venue for the 45th AIMF General Assembly from April 27-30, 2025. The event is expected to attract nearly 450 delegates from 56 countries, marking a strong development in Hue's Francophone cooperation. This is also an opportunity for Hue to continue affirming its role as a bridge between the Francophone community and the ASEAN region in the fields of heritage, sustainable tourism and climate change response.

Hue city leaders took souvenir photos with the delegation of the Mayor of Paris city

Regarding the direction of cooperation in the coming time, Chairman of the City People's Committee Nguyen Van Phuong hopes to continue to strongly develop the movement of learning French at all levels. Implement cooperation in training specialist doctors between Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy and Poitiers University of Medicine (France) for the period 2025-2029. Promote professional exchanges, research, training and equipment support in the medical field. Strengthen promotion and cooperation with large French travel businesses, and at the same time increase the invitation for French businesses to invest in Hue's strong areas.

Ms. Anne Hidalgo thanked the Hue City government for the warm and respectful welcome of the delegation as well as other delegations to Hue to attend the 45th AIMF General Assembly. She expressed her joy at returning to Vietnam and highly appreciated the role of Hue in the community of Francophone cities. At the same time, she pledged that the AIMF Association and the city of Paris will continue to accompany and support Hue in promoting heritage, sustainable development and international integration; at the same time, promoting tourism, services and the fields of health, culture and education between the two sides.

Ms. Anne Hidalgo highly appreciated the organization of the 45th AIMF General Assembly in Hue with the themes of “Climate change”, “Urban and sustainable development”, “Heritage and sustainable tourism”… taking place in Hue City - home to the ancient capital relic complex and a model for countries in preserving and promoting heritage values. The meeting took place in a friendly atmosphere, affirming the determination to further promote the cooperative relationship between Hue City and French partners in the coming time.

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