Paris (VNA) – As Vietnamand France hold huge potential for economic, trade and investment cooperation,businesses of the two nations should enhance partnerships by capitalising ontheir advantages, thus serving development needs in each country, said VietnameseDeputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh.

Minh was speaking at a meeting between officialsof the Vietnamese Government, ministries and sectors and leaders of Frenchbusinesses in Paris on March 27. The event was part of an official visit toFrance by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central CommitteeNguyen Phu Trong.

The Vietnamese officials included Minister ofIndustry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh, Minister of Natural Resources and EnvironmentTran Hong Ha, and leaders of the Ministries of Planning and Investment, Scienceand Technology, Justice, and Construction.

Many big businesses of France were also presentat the event such as aircraft manufacturer Airbus, electricity company EDF,infrastructure construction group VINCI, oil and gas company Total, energycompany Air Liquide, environment firm SUEZ, and tyre producer Michelin.

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Amid the increasingly practical strategicpartnership between Vietnam and France, economic cooperation and businessconnectivity have enjoyed positive development and affirmed important role inthe bilateral relations.

At the meeting, representatives of the Vietnameseministries and sectors provided much information about the country’s policiesin various fields, including clean and renewable energy development, oil andgas exploration and exploitation, petrochemistry, clean water supply andwastewater treatment, climate change adaptation, environment, transportdevelopment, and projects under public-private partnership orbuild-operate-transfer forms.

Leaders of the French enterprises laudedVietnam’s economic and integration achievements as well as the VietnameseGovernment’s efforts to improve the investment climate and promote sustainabledevelopment. 

They expressed their wish to engage effectivelyin development and investment projects in Vietnam, thereby creating new drivingforces for economic, trade and investment ties between the two countries.-VNA