Vietnam-France Strategic Partnership Enhanced in the New Period
	Vietnam Takes Practical Steps to Boost Relations with France

The upgrade of Vietnam-France ties to a Comprehensive strategic partnership is a testament to the two countries' rich history and shared vision for a stronger future, VNA citied French Ambassador to Vietnam Olivier Brochet.

France treasures Party General Secretary and State President To Lam's visit

Talking to the press, Brochet praised General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam and State President To Lam's attendance at the 19th Francophonie Summit and his official France visit as a successful and important trip as he was also the only leader to pay a visit to France on the sidelines of the summit.

France treasured the visit, the first by a Vietnamese head of state in 22 years, reflected by an official welcome ceremony, a press conference, and talks chaired by French President Emmanuel Macron.

French Ambassador to Vietnam Olivier Brochet. Photo: French Embassy to Vietnam

During the visit, General Secretary and President To Lam visited Montreau Park in Montreuil City - where there is a statue and memorial site of President Ho Chi Minh. The delegation also visited Sainte-Adresse city to inaugurate a commemorative plaque named after President Ho Chi Minh - this is where he lived for a year.

According to Ambassador Olivier Brochet, General Secretary, and President To Lam's journey to these places shows the historical element and the uniqueness of the relationship between France and Vietnam.

What impressed the ambassador was the mutual trust and a shared vision for a brighter future of cooperation. This solid foundation paved the way for the upgrade of the bilateral ties, with both leaders directing their foreign ministries to develop an action plan aimed at making their partnership more intensive and practical.

Solving global issues together

With the establishment of the Comprehensive strategic partnership, France became the first European country to set up such a relationship with Vietnam, reflecting its recognition of Vietnam's pivotal role in promoting global peace and stability. As a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, France acknowledged Vietnam's contributions to maintaining peace and stability in the region and the world.

The top leaders of the two countries affirmed the central role of ASEAN, with France expressing its readiness to enhance cooperation with Vietnam and ASEAN to contribute to maintaining peace and cooperation in the region and beyond. The French side hoped that Vietnam would further uphold its role in ensuring peace and stability around the world.

According to the diplomat, France highly appreciated Vietnam's stance on ending violence, de-escalating tensions, and promoting peaceful settlement of conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East in line with international law. The two countries share a common vision on pressing issues such as climate change, biodiversity, artificial intelligence, and the development of the Francophonie movement.

Opening up greater opportunities for all-around cooperation

Brochet outlined several priority sectors for future cooperation, including national defence-security, transport, energy, innovation, and student exchange, adding that France not only hopes for financial growth in its cooperation with Vietnam but also wishes that the partnership would encompass personnel training and technology transfer.

Specifically, in the field of innovation and scientific research, the diplomat stressed that this is an area in which Vietnam and France have had a close relationship for 30 years with very good results, with the most prominent example being the University of Science and Technology of Hanoi (USTH, also known as the Vietnam - France University). Currently, there are many relationships between universities and research institutions in France and Vietnam, including cooperation between the University of Science and Technology of Hanoi and French partners in educational and training cooperation projects.

Many French enterprises also have cooperation in this field. After the training process, enterprises recruited Vietnamese students.

Also in the field of innovation, many French partners have cooperated with the Vietnam National Innovation Center, contributing to creating strong connections between Vietnam's high-tech zones. The French side is also very interested in Vietnamese startups.

CFM International and VietJet signed a contract to maintain all LEAP-1B engines equipped on Vietjet's Boeing 737 Max aircraft. The signing ceremony is held in the presence of French President Emmanuel Macron and General Secretary and President of Vietnam To Lam during his recent official visit to France. Photo: Nguyen Hong/TG&VN

In transport, he expressed France’s interest in supporting Vietnam in developing its railway and seaport systems, and aviation capabilities.

In the energy sector, the ambassador noted that France highly appreciated Vietnam's strong commitment and determination toward carbon neutrality, to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

France possesses a wealth of technology and many large enterprises that are ready to partner with Vietnam in its sustainable development journey, he said, hoping that the recently established Comprehensive strategic partnership will enable French companies to have a stronger presence and engage more actively in cooperation with Vietnam in this field.

After over 30 years of collaboration in health care, France hopes to see significant breakthroughs to meet Vietnam's evolving healthcare needs, he said.

Regarding agriculture, the ambassador said France shared Vietnam's desire to facilitate technology transfer to develop an ecological agricultural sector and enhance the value of agricultural products.

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