VOV.VN - Hundreds of thousands of residents and visitors gathered in Paris’ 13th arrondissement on March 1, the 13th day of the first lunar month, for the 2026 Lunar New Year parade, the largest community cultural event of Asian countries in France,with the Vietnamese delegation making a clear impression.

Sports cooperation is a vivid testament to the depth and substance of the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between Vietnam and France, Vietnamese Ambassador Trinh Duc Hai said at a ceremony marking the first anniversary of the Francophone sports association AFS on February 25.

France’s public investment bank Bpifrance has recently ranked Vietnam among the five most promising export destinations for French companies in 2026, alongside Indonesia, Morocco, Canada and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

The Vietnam Cultural Centre in France, in collaboration with Vietnamese community organisations, opened the Lunar New Year Spring Fair in Paris on February 21, attracting a large number of overseas Vietnamese and international visitors.

Vietnam is ramping up efforts to draw high-quality French investment into sectors where France holds global advantages, including transport infrastructure, smart cities, renewable energy, artificial intelligence (AI), semiconductors, logistics, Vietnamese Ambassador to France Trinh Duc Hai has said.

Vietnamese Ambassador to France Trinh Duc Hai, together with staff of the embassy, representatives of Vietnamese agencies in the country and a large number of overseas Vietnamese, visited the Truc Lam Zen Monastery and Khuong Viet Pagoda on February 17, the first day of the Lunar New Year.

About 1,000 guests attended a Lunar New Year celebration hosted by the Vietnamese Embassy in France in coordination with the Paris authorities at the City Hall on February 13.

VOV.VN - A seminar titled “Vietnam Today”, held recently in Lille, northern France, by the Association of Vietnamese Entrepreneurs in France (ABVietFrance) in coordination with EDHEC Business School, one of France’s and Europe’s leading business schools, captured major attention from students and lecturers.

VOV.VN - The France-Vietnam Friendship Association has teamed up with "Love Vietnam's Seas and Islands" club in France to stage the photo exhibition “The Sea Within Us” (La mer en nous) at Châteaudun City Hall.

VOV.VN - France has awarded the Order of Academic Palms (Palmes académiques) to Professor. Dr Do Van Dai, Vice Rector of the Ho Chi Minh City University of Law, for his contributions to bilateral relations and cooperation in legal affairs between the two countries.