The Nhan Dan (People’s) newspaper - the official voice of the Communist Party of Vietnam - opened a pavilion at the 80th L’Humanite Newspaper Festival in Paris on Sept. 10.

While addressing the opening ceremony, Vietnamese Ambassador to France Le Kinh Tai said since its inception in 1930, the festival has become an important political event of the Communist Party of France (CPF) and the L’Humanite newspaper.

The event is a festival of people and a friendship meeting of representatives from social organisations, politicians and activists for social progress, peace, solidarity and development, he said.

The ambassador stressed that cooperation between the Nhan Dan and L’Humanite newspapers has contributed greatly to strengthening and developing friendly and cooperative relations between Vietnam and France .

Jacques Fath, member of the Executive Board and Head of the CPF Central Committee’s Commission for International Relations, underlined the Nhan Dan newspaper’s presence at the festival, saying it reflects Vietnam ’s increasingly important role in the world.

The CPF always pays attention to the development of Vietnam as well as its renewal process and reform policies, the official said.

For his part, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Nhan Dan newspaper Dinh Van Luyen expressed his belief that the time-honoured relationship between the two parties would further develop in the future./.