Vietnamese Ambassador to France honoured for contributions to cultural popularization

At the ceremony (Photo: baoquocte.vn)

Speaking at the event, Minister Nguyen Van Hung affirmed Thang’s substantial contributions to fostering multifaceted Vietnam-France cooperation and the cause of Vietnam’s culture, sport and tourism development during his over three years in office.

The Minister said that France is a key area with a large Vietnamese population and is one of the countries with a strategic partnership with Vietnam.

Therefore, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism is very interested in implementing cultural activities and cultural diplomacy in this country and considers this a priority task in foreign affairs, he said.

The contributions of the Vietnamese Embassy, headed by Ambassador Dinh Toan Thang, and Vietnamese representative agencies in France are always particularly meaningful, Mr Hung added.

For his part, Ambassador Thang said the insignia is not only a personal honour but also a testament to the collective efforts of the embassy staff and other Vietnamese diplomatic missions in promoting Vietnamese culture, sports and tourism to the French and European public.

The Ambassador vowed that the staff of the Embassy and the Vietnamese representative agencies in France would make more efforts to contribute to the strength of the country and people of Vietnam in all aspects, making the Vietnamese identity more radiant to the world, creating many new and solid bridges between Vietnam and France.

On the same day, Minister Nguyen Van Hung presented books by Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong to the Vietnam Cultural Centre in France./.