General Secretary To Lam emphasized that France is Vietnam's first comprehensive strategic partner in the EU. Vietnam values and wishes to strengthen multifaceted cooperation with France; supports France's important role and voice in the region and the world...
President Emmanuel Macron is pleased to visit Vietnam for the first time - a partner with an important role and position in France's policy in the Indo- Pacific region.
He emphasized that the Vietnam-France relationship has many special features, has gone through many different stages in history and is currently built on a foundation of high trust and mutual respect.
The Vietnam-France Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Framework is a bright spot in the context of a rapidly evolving and complex world situation.
The two sides continue to prioritize promoting political-diplomatic, defense-security cooperation, including cyber security, economics-trade-investment, maritime economy, development cooperation and people-to-people exchange.
The two sides agreed to promote cooperation in the field of energy transition, with France supporting Vietnam within the framework of JETP, expanding to nuclear energy cooperation, human resource training and atomic applications for peaceful purposes such as in the medical field.
The two countries strive to have key projects that are symbols of new cooperation in Vietnam's new development era.
The General Secretary suggested that France accompany Vietnam in making science and technology a new pillar of cooperation between the two countries in the new era. France can support Vietnam in strategic areas such as aerospace, biotechnology, digital technology, semiconductor technology, quantum technology, digital economy and high-quality human resource training.
The two leaders also agreed to strengthen cooperation in areas with great potential, where France has strengths and Vietnam has needs, such as strategic infrastructure, urban transport and railways, to meet the goals of the new era, the era of development and prosperity of the Vietnamese people.
President Emmanuel Macron affirmed that France always wants to strengthen cooperation in all fields with Vietnam in accordance with the nature and scope of the relationship between the two countries.
President Emmanuel Macron highly appreciated Vietnam's international commitments at multilateral institutions such as sustainable development, environmental protection, emission reduction, and climate change adaptation.
The General Secretary shared that Vietnam and France have cultural and historical exchanges, especially through French imprints that still exist and are inherited in Vietnamese social life such as architectural works, culinary arts, modern fine arts, etc.
Based on existing advantages, the General Secretary and the French President agreed to cooperate in preserving and promoting cultural values through sharing experiences in the fields of heritage conservation, museum activities, cinematographic arts, cooperation and support, sharing documents on Vietnamese cultural heritage, cooperation in training professional artists and actors, etc.
Promoting long-standing traditions, the two sides agreed to promote medical cooperation, especially in vaccine research, early screening technology for serious diseases, and application of science and technology in medical examination and treatment...
General Secretary To Lam and the French President exchanged views on many international issues of mutual concern, agreeing on the need to resolve conflicts through dialogue.
The two sides agreed to continue to coordinate to promote multilateralism and build a fair, democratic international system based on international law with the central role of the United Nations.
At the meeting with the French President, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man assessed that economic, trade and investment relations between Vietnam and France have achieved impressive results, becoming an important pillar in bilateral relations.
The French President appreciated the role of the Vietnamese National Assembly in strengthening the friendship and multifaceted cooperation with France. He proposed to strengthen cooperation between the two countries' parliaments, especially in facilitating the ratification of bilateral agreements and treaties.
Regarding parliamentary cooperation, the two sides highly appreciated the close relationship between the Vietnamese National Assembly and the French Parliament, actively contributing to strengthening the Vietnam-France Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.
The two leaders agreed to maintain delegation exchanges, especially between the Vietnamese National Assembly and the French Parliament, and between the Vietnam-France Parliamentary Friendship Groups; strengthen coordination at the Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF), the Francophone Parliamentary Cooperation Framework, etc.
The National Assembly Chairman highly appreciated the results of exchanges between the two legislative bodies in 2024, especially meetings between leaders of the Vietnamese National Assembly and French parliamentarians, focusing on institutional reform, green transformation and digital economic development.
President Macron highly appreciated the Vietnamese community in France for its positive contributions to the country and the relationship between the two countries, including parliamentarians of Vietnamese origin.
President Macron respectfully invited National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man to attend the Francophone Inter-Parliamentary Forum (APF) to take place in France in July.
Source: https://vietnamnet.vn/tong-thong-macron-quan-he-viet-phap-co-nhieu-diem-dac-biet-2405086.html
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