Paris (VNA) – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received National Secretary of the French Communist Party (PCF) Fabien Roussel in Paris on June 10 afternoon (local time), affirming that the Vietnamese Party and State highly value the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with France, with cooperation with the PCF being one of the traditional foundations.

The two sides expressed their delight at the fine development of the bilateral relations since the upgrade to the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, as demonstrated by regular visits of the two countries' leaders and the signed agreements in all fields.

They appreciated the results of cooperation between the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and the PCF through the regular exchange of delegations, the maintenance of the rotating organisation of theoretical seminars between the two Parties, and cooperation at multilateral political party forums.

Wishing the PCF to have an increasingly important position and role in the French political arena and society, PM Chinh said that Vietnam always remembers the support and assistance of the PCF and progressive people of France for its past struggle for national independence and reunification and the current cause of national construction, development and protection.

He thanked the PCF for always preserving relic sites related to the CPV, the relationship between the two Parties, especially the monument of President Ho Chi Minh – one of the founders of the PCF – in the city of Montreuil.

The PM suggested the CPV and the PCF continue to strengthen cooperation, maintain delegation exchanges, share information and experiences in the Party building, and educate the younger generations about the friendship between the two countries, their people, and the two Parties; closely coordinate at multilateral political-party forums; actively contribute to promoting the Vietnam-France Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, and support relations between localities, organisations, associations, and people of the two countries.

In particular, PM Chinh asked the PCF to support Vietnam in searching for and collecting documents and artifacts related to the history of the CPV and President Ho Chi Minh to contribute to the construction of a CPV museum on the occasion of the CPV's 100th founding anniversary, in helping develop the display contents, and in training museum staff.

For his part, Roussel conveyed greetings and regards to General Secretary To Lam and other CPV leaders. He once again congratulated Vietnam on the 50th anniversary of the liberation of the South and national reunification, expressing his delight to see the good relations between the two countries as well as the increasing opportunities for their businesses to cooperate with each other.

Roussel said that the PCF, with many members being people-elected parliamentarians, has played a very active role in promoting relations with Vietnam, especially locality-to-locality ties and people-to-people exchanges.

He noted that many young talents and French engineers have requested support to come to work in Vietnam, which shows Vietnam is becoming one of the destinations of the French youth.

Welcoming this, PM Chinh said leaders of the two countries have agreed that France will cooperate with and support Vietꦜnam in implementing many large projects, thereby creating jobs for the youth of both countries./.