Paris (VNA) – President of the Vietnam-FranceFriendship Parliamentarians’ Group Nguyen Thuy Anh paid a visit to France fromJanuary 23-24 to seek cooperation opportunities with French partners.

Anh, who is also Chairwoman of the National Assembly (NA)’sCommittee for Social Affairs and President of the Vietnam-France Friendship andCooperation Association, had meetings with President of the French Parliament's France-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentarians’ Group Anne Le Henanff, and Vice President of theFrance-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentarians’ Group at the French Senate Laurence Muller-Bronn.

Showing her delight at the growth of ties between the twocountries, especially since the two sides set up their strategic partnership in2013, Anh affirmed that Vietnam always treasures the relations with France andhighly values the role of France in the region and the world.

Hailing the contributions of the two friendshipparliamentarians’ groups to the bilateral legislative partnership, Anh expressedher hope that French parliamentarians will continue to cooperate with theirVietnamese peers to further promote bilateral relations in 2024 and followingyears.

Vietnamese Ambassador to France Dinh Toan Thang asked thetwo friendship parliamentarians’ groups to continue striving to push the French Parliament to approve the EU-Vietnam Investment ProtectionAgreement (EVIPA) soon, while contributing their voice to the EuropeanCommission to remove the "yellow card" warning against Vietnamese seafood.

French parliamentarians showed special interest in thelawsuit of Tran To Nga, an overseas Vietnamese in France, against Americanchemicals companies that produced Agent Orange/dioxin sprayed in Vietnam during the war, and affirmed their support to Vietnamese Agent Orange/dioxin victims. They pledgedto support Vietnam in areas of its demands.

In order to promote the Vietnam-France cooperation in healthcare, Anh and Thang had a working session with the France-VietnamMedical Federation, hailing the contributions that Frenchdoctors have made to caring for the public health in Vietnam and listening totheir opinions.

During her stay, Anh also held a working session with leadersof the France-Vietnam Friendship Association (AAFV) to explore the French side’sideas on fostering the collaboration between the AAFV and the Vietnam-FranceFriendship and Cooperation Association, thus contributing to increasingpeople-to-people exchange as well as friendship and solidarity between the twopeoples. The Vietnamese official took the occasion to thank the AAFV for itssupport to Vietnam over the past 60 years.

As the Chairwoman of the Parliamentary Assembly of theFrancophone (APF)'s Vietnam Sub-Committee, Anh had a working session with APFSecretary General Damien Cesselin to discuss a number of cooperation contentsof the Vietnamese NA in this multilateral mechanism./.