Vietnam desires to promote cooperation with France’s Toulouse

Mayor of Toulouse Jean-Luc Moudenc receives Vietnamese Ambassador to France Dinh Toan Thang (L). (Photo: VNA)

The ambassador listed a series of potential fields for cooperation including industry, services, health, education-training, research, and high technology to contribute to recover after the pandemic.

According to the ambassador, Toulouse city has cooperated with Vietnam, particularly the capital Hanoi, many times, and the both sides have effectively implemented projects on archeology and cultural heritage preservation and promotion.

For his part, the mayor noted he is willing to work with Vietnam in fields of the sides’ advantages and pledged to increase cooperation with Hanoi and the union of French cities (Cites Unies France – CUF) to hold the 12th edition of a Vietnam-France conference of decentralised cooperation in Hanoi this December.

During his visit, the Vietnamese ambassador had a working session with the leader of Toulouse's chamber of commerce and industry to discuss measures to promote bilateral exchanges in trade, investment, and tourism.

Ambassador Dinh Toan Thang also visited the European multinational aerospace corporation Airbus and the French national centre for space studies CNES, and signed agreements to boost Vietnam-France collaboration in aviation industry, satellite manufacturing, digital transition, and human resources training in the high-tech field./.