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Deputy PM meets leader of French development agency

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha met with Deputy CEO of the French Development Agency (AFD) Marie Helene Loison in Paris on June 21, during his working trip to France to attend the Summit for a New Global Financial Pact.
Deputy PM meets leader of French development agency ảnh 1Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha (R) meets with Deputy CEO of the AFD Marie Helene Loison in Paris on June 21 (Photo: VNA)
Paris (VNA) – Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Hamet with Deputy CEO of the French Development Agency (AFD) Marie Helene Loison inParis on June 21, during his working trip to France to attend the Summit for aNew Global Financial Pact.

Ha lauded the idea of French President Emmanuel Macron toorganise the summit to seek new public and private financial sources,contributing to promoting finance serving development and the implementation ofsustainable development goals (SDGs).

He expressed delight at the positive development in theVietnam-France relations, especially in economy, one of the key pillars in thestrategic partnership between the two countries.

Deputy PM meets leader of French development agency ảnh 2Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha (middle) at the meeting (Photo: VNA)
The official spoke highly of the role that theAFD has played in effectively implementing development aid projects in Vietnamsince 1994, especially in the fields of energy, climate change and urbantransport.

Ha proposed that the AFD continue to support and promotecooperation with Vietnam in projects in emission reduction and climate changeresponse, particularly in coastal areas and the Mekong Delta region.

For her part, Loison held that Ha's participation in thesummit shows Vietnam’s strong commitments and responsibility in joining theinternational community’s climate change response efforts.

She showed her pleasure to discuss with him the cooperationbetween the AFD and Vietnam, especially on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam-France diplomatic relations and 30 years ofpartnership between the AFD and Vietnam.

Deputy PM meets leader of French development agency ảnh 3Deputy CEO of the AFD Marie Helene Loison (first, right) (Photo: VNA)
She affirmed that the agency will continue to conduct researchprogrammes on climate change impacts on local socio-economic development (GEMMES),while supporting Vietnam in strengthening policy building and technologytransfer, and providing financial assistance in green energy development,renewable energy, smart power transmission, and green fuel production.

The two sides agreed to further promote the cooperation in energy transition,especially in the context that Vietnam gave strong commitments at the 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) and joined the Just Energy TransitionPartnerships (JETP).

They also concurred to continue to coordinate closely inimplementing economic projects serving sustainable development in Vietnam./.
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