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Vietnam Businesspeople in France promote cooperation

The Vietnamese Businesspeople Association in France (ABVietFrance) and the France Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Vietnam (CCIFV) will coordinate in trade promotion, and culture healthcare and education development between the two countries.
The Vietnamese Businesspeople Association in France (ABVietFrance) andthe France Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Vietnam (CCIFV) willcoordinate in trade promotion, and culture healthcare and educationdevelopment between the two countries.

Under their newly-signedcooperation agreement, the two sides will assist each other inorganising events, seminars and market survey programmes for Vietnamesebusinesses in France and French businesses in Vietnam to promotebilateral investment and trade relations between the two countries’businesses, especially small and medium-sized enterprises.

ABVietFrancePresident Nguyen Hai Nam said cooperating with CCIFV will gatherexperienced overseas Vietnamese entrepreneurs from different sectors topromote trade exchange between France, other European Union members andVietnam.

The establishment of representative offices in Ho ChiMinh City and Hanoi has helped widen the relationship with domesticcompanies and foreign organisations in Vietnam, Nam said.

For hispart, CCIFV President Pierre-Jean Malgouvres said within the frameworkof this comprehensive cooperation, CCIFV will actively act as a tradebridge between Vietnam and France and effectively assist activities ofCCIFV and ABVietFrance members.

There are more than 300,000 Vietnamese people living in France./.
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