Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Van Hung (L) meets French Minister of Culture Rima Abdul Malak in Paris. (Photo: VNA) Paris (VNA) – Over the past 50 years, since Vietnam and Franceestablished their diplomatic relations, cultural cooperation has contributed tocreating favourable conditions to promote their cooperation in various fields, strengthening the friendship and mutual understanding between thetwo peoples, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Van Hung said onNovember 17 when meeting French Minister of Culture Rima Abdul Malak in Paris.
The official highlighted that Vietnam is considered an active member with importantcontributions to the activities of the Francophone community.
At themeeting, he spoke highly of the effective operation of two cultural centres – theFrench Institute in Vietnam and the Vietnamese Cultural Centre in France - asthey actively serve asa cultural bridge connecting the two peoples through diverseactivities.
For her part,French Minister Rima Abdul Malak said that France and Vietnam have atraditional historical relationship, in which cultural cooperation is a brightspot, connecting the two peoples.
She emphasisedthat France pays attention to and focuses on developing cultural and creativeindustries that bring high-quality values to the youth generations.
The official proposedprogrammes to translate French literary books into Vietnamese and Vietnameseliterary books into French.
She alsosuggested promoting cinema cooperation - an area that France gives muchattention to.
The twoministers agreed to assign relevant agencies to develop a planning frameworkfacilitating the signing of cooperation documents on the occasion of the officialvisit by French leaders to Vietnam in 2024.
On thisoccasion, she invited the Vietnamese Minister to the 19th Francophonie Summit inOctober 2024 to be hosted by France./.
