Party General Secretary and President To Lam and French President Emmanuel Macron announce the lifting of relations to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, during the former’s official visit to France on October 6-7, 2024. (Photo: VNA)
On the evening of October 7, 2024, at Orly Airport, Paris (France), Party General Secretary and President To Lam witnesses Airbus and Vietjet handing over a new aircraft, which bears the image marking the 50th anniversary of Vietnam - France diplomatic relations. (Photo: VNA)
SCAVI Hue Company, 100% invested by France’s Financière B'Lao Group, specializes in manufacturing garments, underwear, sportswear, protective clothing in Phong Dien Industrial Park, Phong Dien District, Thua Thien Hue Province. (Photo: VNA)
General Phan Van Giang, Minister of National Defense, holds talks with Minister of the French Armed Forces Sébastien Lecornu during the latter’s official visit to Vietnam on May 5, 2024. (Photo: VNA)
President of the French Senate Gérard Larcher visits some locations in the Old Quarter, the center of Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi, on December 9, 2022. (Photo: VNA)
In October 2010, the French-funded University of Science and Technology of Hanoi (also known as the Vietnam-France University) opens its first course. This is one of four universities that meet international standards in Vietnam. (Photo: VNA)
Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong meets with Raymonde Dien – a member of the French Communist Party, a symbol of the spirit of opposing the unjust war waged by French colonialists in Vietnam, at Choisy Le Roi Town Hall during his official visit to France on March 26, 2018. (Photo: VNA)
During his official visit to France, on September 25, 2013, in Paris, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault sign the joint statement on the Vietnam-France Strategic Partnership. (Photo: VNA)
During his official visit to France, on the afternoon of November 4, 2021, at the Élysée Palace in Paris, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh meets with French President Emmanuel Macron. (Photo: VNA)
The Choeur Tim choir of children in the city of Versailles (France) was established in March 2023, with about 30 members, children aged 8 to 12, from French, French-Vietnamese and Vietnamese families in the city. The Choeur Tim choir has participated in many concerts and festivals with many performances combining traditional and modern songs, in Vietnamese and French. (Photo: VNA)
Vietnam-France Comprehensive Strategic Partnership becoming more practical and effective
Vietnam and France established diplomatic relations in 1973. 40 years later, in 2013, the two countries announced the establishment of a Strategic Partnership. In 2024, during Party General Secretary and President To Lam’s the visit to France, the two sides upgraded their relationship to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, opening a new chapter in bilateral relations.
