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.

Vietnamese Ambassador to France Dinh Toan Thang on August 30 received his Lao counterpart Yong Chanthalangsy, who came to offer congratulations on Vietnam’s 76th National Day (September 2).

VOV.VN - France increased its import of coffee from several major global suppliers, but reduced the import from Vietnam in the first half of the year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

VOV.VN - A haul of approximately 30 kilograms of MDMA and 1.5 kg of Ketamine have been discovered in packages recently imported into Vietnam by postal services after being sent from France.

The Le Monde newspaper of France has recently posted an article of the Collectif Vietnam-Dioxine association, calling on French politicians and the international community to support victims of Agent Orange (AO) in Vietnam and designate a day in commemoration of the victims.

VOV.VN - The Hungarian Government has decided to donate 100,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine and 100,000 rapid antibody test kits to the Vietnamese Government to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - French President Emmanuel Macron unveiled that France is poised to share a total of 670,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses with Vietnam through the COVAX Facility.

Vietnamese expatriates and businesses in Australia and France’s New Caledonia have donated more than AUD41,035 (US$30,288) to aid their home country in combating COVID-19.

VOV.VN - Vietnam would like France to assist it in accessing and transferring technology to produce COVID-19 vaccines and medical equipment.