Paris (VNA) – Vietnamese and French enterprises attendeda conference in Paris on November 4 chaired by Vietnamese Deputy Minister ofPlanning and Investment Vu Dai Thang and Celine Charpiot-Zapolsky, VicePresident of the France-Vietnam Council of CEOs MEDEF International.
The Vietnamese firms included major groups such as VinGroupand Becamex Binh Duong, while the French contingent featured 50 members of the Movementof the Enterprises of France (MEDEF), including Total, Bouygues Constructionand Airbus.
Speaking at the event, Thang underscored the importance ofconnecting Vietnam’s State agencies and companies with French enterpriseswithin the framework of the two countries’ annual high-level economic meeting, whichstarted the same day.
He said that Vietnam – France relations are at their bestsince the two nations’ signed a joint statement on strategic partnership in2013.
Participating French firms revealed the results of theirinvestments in Vietnam and their future projects in the country, whilesuggesting measures to facilitate cooperation between the two businesscommunities.
Vietnamese and French businesses said they support and feelconfident about collaboration opportunities brought about by the EU-VietnamFree Trade Agreement.
Investors from both nations also spoke highly of Vietnam’s socio-economicprogress and positive signs recorded in Vietnam – France trade and investmentrelations./.
