Vietnam, France agree to beef up cooperation in training civil servants
Paris (VNA) – Minister of Home Affairs Pham Thi Thanh Tra
chaired an opening ceremony of the international training course for young managers
and female officials from Vietnamese localities on “improving leadership skill,
digital transformation and public administrative reform” at the Normandie School
of Management in Le Havre city on September 26, as part of her working visit to
France.
The minister highly valued the Vietnam - France
cooperative relationship,
affirming that the strategic partnership establishment in 2013 reflected the
two countries’ determination to further deepen the bilateral relations with a
solid and long-term vision.
According to Tra,
this course is a practical activity within the framework of cooperation in
training, as well as a premise for upcoming cooperation activities between the
two sides.
For his part, Elian Pilvin, Rector and
General Director of the Normandie School of
Management, said that since 2014, the school has organised training
courses for over 200 civil servants and managers of the Vietnamese Party Central
Committee’s Organisation
Commission and localities of
Vietnam.
After the ceremony, Tra witnessed a signing
ceremony of a cooperation agreement between the National Academy of Public
Administration of Vietnam and the French school.
The agreement aims to build a sustainable and
effective partnership in training and scientific research in public
administration, and to cooperate in human resources development, contributing to developing
and modernising the public service and meeting requirements of the administrative
reform of Vietnam.
The same day afternoon, she had
a meeting with Mayor of Le Havre Édouard
Philippe, during which the French official affirmed that he is ready to do
everything to contribute to the bilateral relations.
He indicated
that Le Havre’s shipping companies are very interested in Vietnam, and expected the two sides to exchange business delegations in this area.
He proposed the establishment of a twinning relationship of Le Havre with
a coastal city of Vietnam towards forming specific partnerships and cooperation
projects./.