Hanoians
warmly welcoming French President Jacques Chirac.
Signing cooperation agreement between Vietnam
and France
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President
Tran Duc Luong said that Vietnam always attaches much attention to
strengthening and promoting the multi-faceted cooperation with France
under the motto of traditional, comprehensive, long-term and reliable
cooperation between the two countries in the new century. The Vietnamese
leader also expressed his hope that the two sides would further exchange
visits at all levels and lift the fine bilateral cooperation to a higher
level, especially in fields of transport, telecommunications, electricity,
food processing, pharmaceutical products and tourism.
F rench President Jacques Chirac paid a two-day official
visit to Vietnam at the invitation of Vietnamese President Tran Duc Luong.
During their talks, Vietnamese President Tran Duc Luong affirmed that
France is one of the most important partner of Vietnam in terms of
cooperative development, trade exchange, direct investment, public health,
education and tourism. In recent years, many new cooperative fields
between the two countries have been expanded at central and local levels.
President Tran Duc Luong said that Vietnam always attaches much attention
to strengthening and promoting the multi-faceted cooperation with France
under the motto of traditional, comprehensive, long-term and reliable
cooperation between the two countries in the new century. The Vietnamese
leader also expressed his hope that the two sides would further exchange
visits at all levels and lift the fine bilateral cooperation to a higher
level, especially in fields of transport, telecommunications, electricity,
food processing, pharmaceutical products and tourism.
President Jacques Chirac
expressed his pleasure at the fine achievements reached in all-sided
cooperation by both sides. He pledged that France would consider
cooperation with Vietnam a priority in the French foreign policy in Asia
and would continue supporting Vietnam’s doi moi (renewal) process and international economic integration. Besides
increasing development aid to Vietnam in the coming years, France would
create favourable conditions for French businesses and encourage them to
invest in Vietnam. The French President also re-affirmed French support to
Vietnam’s bid for membership in the World Trade Organization,
non-permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council in the 2008-2009
term, as well as in its efforts to expand ties with the European
Union.nbsp;
President Tran Duc Luong and
his French counterpart exchanged their views on international and regional
issues of mutual concern, and agreed to improve coordination and
cooperation among ASEM, the French speaking community and at other
international forums.
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By Hoang
Chuong |