Party leader Nguyen Phu Trong meets President of the French Senate Gerard Larcher (Photo: VNA)

Senate President Larcher affirmed that France attaches importance to Vietnam's position and role as well as relations between the two countries. He called for further development of multi-faceted cooperation between France and Vietnam, thus contributing to deepening their strategic partnership. Mr Trong affirmed Vietnam always treasures relations with France, and wishes to further intensify economic, trade and investment ties. He welcomed contributions of parliamentarians to promoting collaboration between the countries’ localities, urging the two sides to closely coordinate to organise the 11th conference on local cooperation in Toulouse city in 2019.

Senate President Larcher promised to support the ratification of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement, which he said will create a driving force for bilateral economic cooperation.