French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron arrive in Hanoi

The French President and his wife visited Vietnam for 3 days at the invitation of President Luong Cuong.

French General — The plane carrying French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron

Accompanying the President and his wife were: Mr. Eric Lombard, Minister of Economy, Finance, Industrial Sovereignty and Digitalization; Mr. Sébastien Lecornu, Minister of the Armed Forces; Ms. Rachida Dati, Minister of Culture; Mr. François-Noël Buffet, Minister in charge of the Ministry of Interior ; Mr. Thani Mohamed Soilihi, Minister in charge of the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs, in charge of Francophone and International Partnerships; Mr. Olivier Brochet, French Ambassador to Vietnam; many advisors of the President...

Welcoming the delegation were: Head of the Office of the President Le Khanh Hai; Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee Tran Sy Thanh; Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang and Vietnamese Ambassador to France Dinh Toan Thang...

The French President's visit is of special significance to bilateral relations, especially after the two countries upgraded to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. The visit is an important follow-up to General Secretary To Lam's visit to France and attendance at the 19th Francophone Summit (October 2024).

The visit demonstrates the importance and strong commitment of French senior leaders to strengthening and developing relations with Vietnam, bringing the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership into reality and effectiveness.

This is an opportunity for the leaders of the two countries to agree on new steps to concretize the frameworks set out in the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.

Many specific fields and projects are being discussed in depth by the two sides to promote economic - trade - investment priorities, enhance defense - security cooperation, innovation, science and technology, education and training, and healthcare.

The signing of new cooperation agreements within the framework of the visit will create important momentum and legal basis for cooperation activities in the coming years.

The visit is also an opportunity to strengthen political trust at the highest level between the two sides, sending a strong message about the determination of Vietnam and France in cooperating for peace, stability and development in the region and the world. The visit is also expected to contribute to promoting people-to-people exchanges, enhancing cultural exchanges and traditional friendship between the two countries.

The French President's choice of Vietnam as the first destination on his regional tour clearly demonstrates the strategic priority and profound importance that France attaches to its bilateral relationship with Vietnam.

Vietnam’s position as the first and only ASEAN partner to establish a comprehensive strategic partnership with France further reinforces this. At the same time, this is also an important step in implementing France’s Indo-Pacific strategy, thereby affirming Vietnam’s key role in France’s foreign policy in the region.

Source: https://vietnamnet.vn/president-of-france-emmanuel-macron-and-wife-brigitte-macron-den-ha-noi-2404741.html