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Party chief, NA Chairwoman receives French President

VGP – General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan held meetings with French President François Hollande on September 5 in Ha Noi.

September 07, 2016 10:38 AM GMT+7

Photo: VNA

Viet Nam always prioritizes developing the friendship and cooperation with France, suggesting the two countries enhance multi-faceted collaboration, experience sharing, and mutual support at international forums while maintaining the current cooperation mechanisms, confirmed Party chief Trong. 

He proposed France making further affiliation in such potential fields as economics, trade, investment, and technological transfer, especially in agriculture, and climate change adaptation, culture and education as well as coordination in dealing with global issues and in a joint effort to ensure regional peace, stability, and overflight and maritime security and freedom, he said. 

Viet Nam and France need to promote cooperation in economics, trade, aerospace, renewable energy, agriculture, and food processing, said the French President, showing support for the development of rapports among localities and Francophone communities and some applicable cooperation mechanisms in Africa and other regions in the world. 

Photo: VNA

At the meeting with NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, the French leader affirmed that France wants to ratchet up cooperative ties with Viet Nam and pledges to maintain official development assistance (ODA) provision for the country. 

France will expand collaboration in the fields of climate change, information technology, culture and education while helping Viet Nam build and modernize cities and diversify energy resources, he said. 

He suggested the two countries’ legislative agencies increase high-level delegation exchanges and expressed his belief that the National Assembly of Viet Nam will provide the best legal assistance to implement effectively the bilateral cooperation agreements. 

Ms. Ngan thanked France for helping Viet Nam build a climate change adaptation strategy and implement the UN Agenda through 2030. 

The top legislator thanked French parliamentarians for actively coordinating with Vietnam at the 132 nd Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU-132) and the seventh Asia-Pacific meeting of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Francophone (APF). 

She suggested the French Government increase scholarships for Vietnamese students to study in France, noting that over 7,000 are pursuing education in the European country. 

By Thuy Dung