Friday, 21/10/2016 22:04 (GMT+7)
French Ambassador to Vietnam Bertrand Lortholary in a press conference on October 20th stressed four important orientations in cooperation with Vietnam during his working term, including economic cooperation.
French Ambassador to Vietnam Bertrand Lortholary (Photo: VGP)
According to Ambassador Bertrand Lortholary, during French President Francois Hollande’s recent visit to Vietnam, some economic contracts were signed with impressive figures, especially Airbus’ contracts with Vietnamese aviation companies such as Vietnam Airlines, Vietjet Air and Jetstar Pacific.
France has diverse technological companies that can satisfy Vietnam’s demand for development in urbanization, infrastructure, climate change and healthcare. Besides, France hopes to receive more and more Vietnamese enterprises to do business in France, so that the France - Vietnam relationship is the two-way partnership.
The second priority that the French Ambassador to Vietnam mentioned was climate change. Accordingly, France can share experience with Vietnam and French enterprises have world leading technologies in addressing climate change. Airparif, an organization specializing in inspecting air quality in France, is willing to provide services in inspection of air quality and put forth suggestions for Vietnamese leaders to improve air quality.
Ambassador Bertrand Lortholary added that the French Development Agency (AFD) had carried out 17 projects in this area with a total capital of EUR520 million. Among projects to be carried out in Vietnam are projects against sea rise and river bank landslides, in Ninh Binh and Ha Tinh provinces and Can Tho city.
In defence cooperation, the two countries mainly work in military healthcare and the training of high-ranking military officers. France and Vietnam will cooperate in peacekeeping, and France desires to go along with the Vietnamese army in modernizing equipment and devices.
During the press conference, the French Ambassador noted his wish to help France get closer to the Vietnamese young generation to foster seeds for the Vietnam - France bilateral relationship in the future./.
Compiled by BTA