French Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City Vincent Floreani (Source: VNA) HCM City (VNA) – The Ho Chi Minh City Union ofFriendship Organisations and the city’s Vietnam – France Friendship Association(VFFA) held a gathering on July 12 celebrating the 229th anniversaryof National Day of France (July 14).
Speaking at the event, Chairwoman of the municipal VFFANguyen Thi Ngoc Dung expressed her delight at the growing bilateral ties overthe past years, especially the France visit by Party General Secretary NguyenPhu Trong in March, during which both sides expressed wish to further deepen theirstrategic partnership and agreed to facilitate exchanges, especially those atthe high level to improve the efficiency of dialogue mechanisms in diverseareas.
She said the HCM City VFFA has well performed its role as abridge connecting people in the city and other French localities viadevelopment support projects, festivals, music and movie events, andscholarship grant.
This year, it will hold diverse activities such as the Vietnam– France cultural and friendship week, and debut a photo book celebrating the45th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties and the fifthanniversary of bilateral strategic partnership, she said.
French Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City Vincent Floreani,for his part, said the anniversary takes place at a time when Vietnam andFrance are celebrating the 45th anniversary of bilateral diplomaticties and the fifth anniversary of bilateral strategic partnership.
He pledged to work closely with the municipal VFFA toeffectively launch cooperation programmes, promote trade, investment andcultural ties to raise mutual understanding and bring practical benefits toboth peoples.
France is now one of the leading economic partners of Vietnamin Europe and one of the largest suppliers of official development assistanceto the country. As of late 2017, France ranked third among European countriesand 16th among 114 countries and territories investing in Vietnamwith 512 projects worth 2.8 billion USD.
In Ho Chi Minh City alone, France invested in 188 projectsvalued at more than 990 million USD.
Over the past years, France’s business projects, socialdevelopment projects and collaboration betweenHo Chi Minh City and Lyon city and Rhone – Alpes region in the fields of urbanplanning and lighting, and training have contributed to the common developmentof the city, and to Vietnam – France ties in particular.-VNA
Speaking at the event, Chairwoman of the municipal VFFANguyen Thi Ngoc Dung expressed her delight at the growing bilateral ties overthe past years, especially the France visit by Party General Secretary NguyenPhu Trong in March, during which both sides expressed wish to further deepen theirstrategic partnership and agreed to facilitate exchanges, especially those atthe high level to improve the efficiency of dialogue mechanisms in diverseareas.
She said the HCM City VFFA has well performed its role as abridge connecting people in the city and other French localities viadevelopment support projects, festivals, music and movie events, andscholarship grant.
This year, it will hold diverse activities such as the Vietnam– France cultural and friendship week, and debut a photo book celebrating the45th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties and the fifthanniversary of bilateral strategic partnership, she said.
French Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City Vincent Floreani,for his part, said the anniversary takes place at a time when Vietnam andFrance are celebrating the 45th anniversary of bilateral diplomaticties and the fifth anniversary of bilateral strategic partnership.
He pledged to work closely with the municipal VFFA toeffectively launch cooperation programmes, promote trade, investment andcultural ties to raise mutual understanding and bring practical benefits toboth peoples.
France is now one of the leading economic partners of Vietnamin Europe and one of the largest suppliers of official development assistanceto the country. As of late 2017, France ranked third among European countriesand 16th among 114 countries and territories investing in Vietnamwith 512 projects worth 2.8 billion USD.
In Ho Chi Minh City alone, France invested in 188 projectsvalued at more than 990 million USD.
Over the past years, France’s business projects, socialdevelopment projects and collaboration betweenHo Chi Minh City and Lyon city and Rhone – Alpes region in the fields of urbanplanning and lighting, and training have contributed to the common developmentof the city, and to Vietnam – France ties in particular.-VNA
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