President receives OIF Secretary General

The Vietnamese State leader said he hopes the French community will boost economic cooperation among members, in addition to promoting language and cultural diversity, pledging Vietnam’s contributions to the efforts. 

Quang told his guest that Vietnam will continue to reform its economy and growth model and increase investment in infrastructure and human resources training to achieve sustainable development goals. 

As a responsible member of the international community, Vietnam will continue to send forces to the UN peace keeping missions, Quang said, adding that the country wants assistance from the Francophonie and each member in this area.

He said he will lead a high-ranking delegation of Vietnam to the 16th Francophonie Summit, themed theme “ Shared growth and responsible development: conditions for stability around the world and within La Francophonie”, slated for this November in Madagascar and will deliver a speech sharing the country’s viewpoints and experience to join hands with the OIF countries in achieving this goal. 

OIF Secretary-General Mechaelle Jean applauded Vietnam’s accomplishments in socio-economic development and international integration. 

The OIF is set to carry out a business incubator model in Asia-Pacific and increase support for start-ups, among others, she told her host.

She hopes that as an example of socio-economic development in the region, Vietnam will continue playing its role in connectivity to help bring about prosperity for all member countries, she said. 

She also appreciated Vietnam’s approach to cooperation with African nations, which is cooperation together with solidarity and cooperation for people’s interests and community responsibility. This approach completely suits the upcoming summit’s theme “Shared growth and responsible development”. 

The OIF official said she hopes Vietnam will make great contributions to the development of the Francophone community.