The year 2024 marks a historic milestone in Vietnam-France relations as the two countries elevated their ties to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, Vietnamese Ambassador to France Dinh Toan Thang told a Vietnam News Agency reporter based in Paris in a recent interview.
Vietnamese Ambassador to France Dinh Toan Thang attended the funeral of Madeleine Riffaud, a French poet, journalist, revolutionary, and close friend of the Vietnamese people, on November 20 in Paris.
The Union of Vietnamese Youth and Students in France (UEVF) celebrated its 20th anniversary with a gala night in Paris on November 9, drawing nearly 200 young Vietnamese from across France.
Vietnamese Ambassador to France Dinh Toan Thang on September 7 came to the Olympic Village on the outskirts of Paris to meet with the Vietnamese delegation competing in the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.
Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Chairman of the Vietnam Olympic Committee Nguyen Van Hung conferred the insignia “For the cause of culture, sports and tourism” on Vietnamese Ambassador to France Dinh Toan Thang at the Vietnam Cultural Centre in Paris on July 25.
Vietnamese businesses are taking part in the Foire de Paris (Paris Fair) in the capital of France, a showcase of culture and food from around the world that runs from May 1-12.
A Vietnamese delegation led by Ambassador to France and Representative of the State President to the International Organisation of La Francophonie (OIF) Dinh Toan Thang attended the 44th session of the Ministerial Conference of La Francophonie (CMF 44) in Yaounde, the capital city of Cameroon, from November 4-5.
Vietnamese Ambassador to France Dinh Toan Thang and trade and investment representatives of Vietnam in the European country had a meeting with leaders of the French employers' association in Corsica region (MEDEF Corsica) in Ajaccio city and attended a seminar with representatives of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) of Corsica in Bastia city during their trip to the island from October 23-25.
A delegation of Hanoi, led by Deputy Secretary of the municipal Party Committee and Chairman of the city People’s Council Nguyen Ngoc Tuan, has paid a working visit to France to seek stronger partnership with French partners.
A conference themed “East Sea and the Sovereignty of Vietnam” was held in Paris on June 10, attracting the participation of many Vietnamese and foreign scholars.
Vietnamese Ambassador to France Dinh Toan Thang has said Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son’s attendance at the 2023 Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Ministerial Council Meeting (MCM) and official visit to France from June 5-8 would provide an opportunity to reaffirm the common perception of the vision of the bilateral relations and the determination to promote deeper and closer connections between the two countries, particularly in meeting their requirements in the new context.
Vietnamese Ambassador to France Dinh Toan Thang attended a high-level event on ending plastic pollution in Paris on May 27, which drew representatives from nearly 200 countries and territories.
Vietnamese Ambassador to France Dinh Toan Thang, and Ambassador Le Thi Hong Van, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to UNESCO, on April 10 visited the Lao Embassy on the occasion of the country’s traditional New Year festival (Bounpimay).
A lot of cultural exchange activities have been held in both Vietnam and France, contributing importantly to bringing the two countries’ people closer.
An economic seminar entitled “Capturing business opportunities in Vietnam: Energy transition and digital transformation” was held in Paris recently, attracting more than 80 enterprises and investors from France and Vietnam.
About 100 representatives from French and Vietnamese enterprises gathered at the first France-Vietnam economic forum in the French port city of Marseille on October 10, focusing their discussions on export-import, investment and prospect of economic-trade cooperation.
Dialogue, solidarity and cooperation are an important foundation of the Vietnam-France relations, Vietnamese Ambassador to France Dinh Toan Thang said at a ceremony hosted by the Vietnamese embassy on September 15 to mark Vietnam’s 77th National Day (September 2) in Paris.
Vietnamese Ambassador to France Dinh Toan Thang on September 8 presented the consolation prize of the 7th National External Information Service Awards 2021 to historian Alain Ruscio, an expert on Vietnam's modern history.
Vietnamese Ambassador to France Dinh Toan Thang and representatives of Montreuil city authorities laid a wreath at President Ho Chi Minh’s Monument at Montreau park on September 1, on the occasion of the 77th anniversary of National Day (September 2).
A seminar on economic relations between Vietnam and France and the latter’s investment projects in the former has been recently held in the southern French city of Montpellier in both online and in-person formats.