Vietnamese Ambassador to France Dinh Toan Thang on September 2 visited the family of French communist Raymonde Dien - a symbol of the fight against the war by French colonialists in Vietnam, who passed away on August 19 at the age of 93.

The Party Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations has sent a message of condolences to the French Communist Party over the death of its veteran member Raymonde Dien.

On December 7, the Communist Party of Vietnam and the Communist Party of France co-organised an online seminar to discuss late Vietnamese President Ho Chi Minh’s contributions to the French party and Marseille city.