Vietnam treasures ties with France

Vietnam always attaches importance to comprehensive partnership and cooperation with the European Union (EU), including France, National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue told French Ambassador to Vietnam Nicolas Warnery at a reception on November 16.

Vietnam wishes to receive France's continued support in promoting stronger and more effective cooperation relations between Vietnam and the EU, he said.

He congratulated Nicolas Warnery on his appointment as French Ambassador to Vietnam, and expressed his belief with his working experience as Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City and knowledge of Vietnam, the diplomat would successfully complete his term.

For his part, Nicolas Warnery said over the past two years, despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Assembly of Vietnam and the French Parliament as well as their Friendship Parliamentary Groups have effectively maintained exchanges and cooperation.

Vietnam and France will celebrate 50 years of bilateral diplomacy and 10 years of their strategic partnership in 2023.

Chairman of the National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue will attend the 43rd ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA-43) and pay officials visits to Cambodia and the Philippines from November 19-25.