French media highlights Party General Secretary’s visit
VOV.VN -The French media has given a wide coverage to the official visit to France by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong and his high-ranking Vietnamese delegation from March 25-27 at the invitation of French President Emmanuel Macron.
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Les Echos on March 27 reported on talks between the Party General Secretary and French President Emmanuel Macron to boost economic cooperation. The newspaper covered meetings between the Party leader and French business owners in energy, food processing, transport, healthcare, and digital technology.
The article also described Vietnam as one of the most dynamic economies in Asia with an annual average growth of 6%, which is forecast to grow to 6.8% this year by international organisations.
The EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) could be adopted and becomes effective this year. With the participation in the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), Vietnam is boosting deeper international integration, the article said.
The L’Humanite, the mouthpiece of the French Communist Party has run an interview of Hoang Binh Quan, member of the CPV Central Committee and head of the Committee’s Commission for External Affairs, hailing Vietnam’s economic development achievements and international integration strategies, as well as activities of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong in Paris.
The Le Parisien newspaper’s article highlighted the visit of the Vietnamese Party leader to Choisy le Roi city, which witnessed the five-year negotiations for the birth of the Paris Accords to put an end to war in Vietnam.
The French business magazine Challenges and the BFMTV television spotlighted economic contracts signed between France and Vietnam during Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s trip.