Indonesia and France have established a partnership in the field of aviation to increase safety, operational efficiency, and realise safe and secure aviation.
A ceremony took place in Hanoi on March 15 to exchange the agreement signed by the Vietnamese Ministry of Finance (MoF) and the French Development Agency (AFD) to fund two projects worth 72.3 million EUR (80 million USD) in Vietnam.
President of the French Senate Gérard Larcher visited the France-invested Nhon-Hanoi station urban railway line in Hanoi on December 9 as part of his ongoing visit from December 8-9.
The French Embassy in Vietnam on September 12 held a press conference to provide the media with information on a project named “Share and protect Vietnam’s heritage” and the component to be carried out in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.
Chairwoman of the Sovico Group and CEO of Vietjet Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao has been granted the Legion of Honour by the French Government for her special contributions to Vietnam’s relations with France and Europe.
The French Embassy in Vietnam held a ceremony in Hanoi on June 27 to honour Vietnamese students who won the French Government’s Excellence Scholarship Programme for the 2019-2020 academic year.
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh met with Minister of State attached to France’s Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne in Hanoi on January 24.
An exhibition displaying maps and documents on Vietnam’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos opened in Dong Hy district in the northern province of Thai Nguyen, on August 4.
Sketches and photos of Hanoi by French author-illustrator Jean-Charles Sarrazin from 1987 and 1988 are on display in Hanoi, accompanied by the originals of his three books recently translated into Vietnamese.
The French Government will provide the best possible conditions for augmenting cooperation in information technology and e-government building with Vietnam, said French Minister of State for State Reform and Simplification Jean-Vicent Placé.
French Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Development Jean-Marc Ayrault arrived in the Myanmar capital of Nay Pyi Taw on June 16 on a three-day visit to Myanmar.
The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam has not considered the suspension of flights to France, CAAV Director Lai Xuan Thanh said on Nov. 14 in the wake of a series of bloody attacks in Paris.
Vietnam vehemently condemns bloody attacks on civilians in France’s Paris on November 13 that have caused heavy casualties, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Le Hai Binh said.