French President Emmanuel Macron: France wants to cooperate with Vietnam in the field of artificial intelligence

At the invitation of President Luong Cuong, President of the French Republic Emmanuel Macron and his wife paid a State visit to Vietnam from May 25 to 27, 2025. During the visit, on May 27, French President Emmanuel Macron, his wife and Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan visited the University of Science and Technology of Hanoi (USTH), the school established and developed under the Agreements between the Governments of Vietnam and France signed on November 12, 2009 and November 2, 2018. Here, French President Emmanuel Macron had a talk with Vietnamese students and young intellectuals.

Students of Hanoi University of Science and Technology welcome French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife. Photo: An Dang/VNA

Expressing his joy at meeting outstanding young Vietnamese students and intellectuals, and being present in Vietnam at this time, when decades of successful cooperation between the two countries have passed and the two countries are increasingly close ineducational cooperation, the French President emphasized that the field of education is one of the important pillars in the bilateral relationship between the two countries. The pillar for this relationship is USTH - the 5th university in Vietnam in terms of publishing scientific research results; at the same time, there are many scientific and technological cooperations with leading research institutes and schools in France.

French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, VicePresident Vo Thi Anh Xuan and delegates. Photo: An Dang/VNA

The French President emphasized that to date, more than 15,000 engineers, more than 3,000 doctors, and thousands of Vietnamese legal experts have been trained in France. With the success of the USTH cooperation model based on trust and mutual understanding, education will continue to be an important pillar of cooperation between the two countries to promote human values ​​and humanity. French President Emmanuel Macron was also pleased to announce that the two countries will sign a new agreement on education to further strengthen cooperation between the two countries in this field.

French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan and delegates. Photo: An Dang/VNA

Assessing that the world is undergoing many changes with strong transitions of humanity that his generation has never seen, the President emphasized that these are geopolitical changes with wars occurring in many regions. Sovereignty and territorial integrity in many countries are threatened. Rules and laws in international cooperation are no longer followed as before; freedom of navigation and maritime sovereignty are causing concern for many countries, and the tariff situation is fluctuating. Therefore, the connection between Vietnam and France, ASEAN and the EU needs more attention than ever.

French President Emmanuel Macron and Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan and delegates performed the groundbreaking ceremony of the VNVC Vaccine and Biological Products Factory, which received technology transfer from French pharmaceutical group Sanofi. Photo: An Dang/VNA

The French President affirmed that the two countries have common interests in establishing geopolitical balance and peace, ensuring security. In that context, Vietnam and France need to pursue a common goal: Re-establishing cooperative relations for peace and common prosperity. The two countries need to promote the development of education, science, technology, innovation, healthcare, and defense to reduce dependence on other countries and regions, towards freedom for humanity; towards prosperity to combat climate change, avoid biodiversity imbalance, etc.

According to French President Emmanuel Macron, Vietnam is a large economy, among the middle-income countries. To promote development, the French President believes that the young generation, scientists and researchers in Vietnam need to address challenges in a period of change such as: Raising awareness of climate change, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, reducing carbon dependence, protecting the ecosystem... "We must ensure the economy while protecting the ecosystem, having a clean, green and sustainable economic development model to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050; towards cleaner, greener consumption and production for the environment. This is also the focus of cooperation between Vietnam and France", President Emmanuel Macron stated.

The French President also mentioned the field of high technology application and artificial intelligence; emphasizing that artificial intelligence can help people go faster and stronger but cannot replace humans. France wants to cooperate with Vietnam in the fields of artificial intelligence, renewable energy, digital technology, robots, and automation. Vietnam and France need to share a common vision in these fields. France will continue to support talent training for Vietnam. From now until 2030, France will double the number of exchange students between the two countries.

During the talk, French President Emmanuel Macron openly shared and answered questions from Vietnamese students and intellectuals about technological transformation, skills development for young people, support for students studying in France, and cooperation in the field of architecture between Vietnam and France. Giving advice to Vietnamese students and intellectuals, the French President emphasized the process of self-study, cultivating and practicing skills; enhancing prestige and integrity in scientific research, increasing critical thinking capacity but needing to rely on core humanistic values.

French President Emmanuel Macron answers questions and interacts with students of the Hanoi University of Science and Technology. Photo: An Dang/VNA

On this occasion, French President Emmanuel Macron, Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan and the high-ranking delegations of the two countries performed the groundbreaking ceremony of the VNVC Vaccine and Biological Products Factory - the largest and most modern vaccine manufacturing factory in Vietnam today.

The VNVC Vaccine and Biological Factory has an initial investment of about VND 2,000 billion, built on an area of ​​over 26,000 m² in Phu An Thanh Industrial Park, Ben Luc District, Long An Province. The factory is designed and operated according to the highest standards of the most stringent international Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), including EU GMP (Europe), FDA GMP (USA) and WHO GMP (World Health Organization). At the same time, the factory strictly meets the standards of Good Laboratory Practices (GLP) and international standards (AAALAC) on safety, welfare and humane treatment for experimental animal research areas, in accordance with international scientific ethics and many other high standards on environmental protection, emission reduction, compliance with "green factory" and "smart factory" construction technology.

It is expected that when it comes into operation at the end of 2027, the factory will gradually produce important, high-quality vaccines from Sanofi (France), thereby fully meeting the large quantity of high-quality, low-cost "Made in Vietnam" vaccines for the domestic market and aiming to export to countries in the region./.

Thu Phuong-Dieu Thuy (Vietnam News Agency)

Source: https://baotintuc.vn/thoi-su/tong-thong-phap-emmanuel-macron-phap-muon-hop-tac-voi-viet-nam-trong-linh-vuc-tri-tue-nhan-tao-20250527152747654.htm