VOV.VN - Vietnamese Ambassador to France Dinh Toan Thang held a working session with French parliamentarians and members of the France-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentarians' Group in the French Parliament on September 28 following an invitation by Stéphanie Do, chairwoman of the group

VOV.VN - Vietnamese ambassador to France Dinh Toan Thang had a working session with the leadership of the France-Vietnam Friendship Association (AAFV) led by its president Gerard Daviot in Paris on September 27.

VOV.VN - France imported nearly 2.900 tonnes of pepper worth EUR8.2 million from Vietnam in the first seven months of 2021, up 28.6% in volume and 44.3% in value year on year, according to Eurostat.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on September 22 requested that France continue to donate, lend and cede COVID-19 vaccines and cooperate in transferring vaccine and drug production technology to Vietnam.

VOV.VN - After being in effect for almost one year, the Europe-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) has been continuing to open up plenty of fresh opportunities for trade exchanges between the nation and France, thereby attracting French firms to do business in the Vietnamese market.

The Vietnamese Embassy in France on September 15 held a ceremony to mark the 76th anniversary of Vietnam’s August Revolution (August 19), National Day (September 2) and diplomatic sector establishment.

VOV.VN - France and Italy have presented approximately 1.5 million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine via the COVAX Facility to aid Vietnam’s ongoing fight against the pandemic.

VOV.VN - The export of fine art ceramics from Vietnam during the seven months of the year surged by 51.5% to reach US$143.22 compared to the same period from last year, according to statistics compiled by the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

Authorised by the President, Vietnamese Ambassador to France Nguyen Toan Thang on September 8 posthumously bestowed a Friendship Order on Jean-Charles Negre, former standing member of the French Communist Party (PCF) Secretariat, for his contributions to France-Vietnam relations.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is ready to cooperate with France in conducting the third phase of clinical trials of and transferring production technology of its XAV-19 COVID-19 treatment drug, said Deputy Minister of Health Tran Van Thuan.