The first-ever Vietnamese Goods Week in France’s Grand Est region opened at the Carrefour hypermarket in Verdun city on October 1, marking the first time a Vietnamese trade and cultural promotion activity has been held in this borderland area, far from Paris.

Vietnamese Acting Minister of Agriculture and Environment Tran Duc Thang had a meeting with Agnes Pannier-Runacher, French Minister for Ecological Transition, Biodiversity, Forests, the Sea and Fisheries, in Paris on September 30.

VOV.VN - A Vietnamese film week is scheduled to take place in Paris, France, from December 5 to 12, showcasing six notable films spanning from the 1970s to the present day, according to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

VOV.VN - Deputy Foreign Minister Le Thi Thu Hang hosted a September 19 reception in Hanoi for a delegation from the France-Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship Group in the French Senate, led by Chairman Senator Alain Cadec, during their visit to Vietnam.

VOV.VN - The Mid-Autumn Festival for Vietnamese children will take place in Lyon, Paris, and Brittany in September and October, with a view to introducing Vietnamese culture to French friends and strengthen bonds within the overseas Vietnamese community.

Vice Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Nguyen Khac Dinh on September 18 received a delegation of the France–Vietnam Friendship Parliamentarians’ Group of the French Senate, led by its Chairman Senator Alain Cadec, during their working visit to Vietnam.

A visiting delegation from the Ministry of Construction led by Deputy Minister Pham Minh Ha held a meeting with the French Authority for Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection (ASNR) on September 15.

VOV.VN - Major works by renowned artists Mai Trung Thu and Le Pho captured strong interest at a special auction held recently by Aguttes, a French auction house, in France to mark the 100th anniversary of the École des Beaux-Arts de l'Indochine (Indochina College of Fine Arts).

VOV.VN - Vietnamese people paid a floral tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at Montreau Park, Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, on September 1, at part of activities to mark Vietnam’s 80th National Day (September 2).

The Lao diplomatic missions in China and France on August 27 visited the Vietnamese Embassies and Vietnamese representative agencies in the host countries on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of Vietnam's August Revolution (August 19) and National Day (September 2), demonstrating the special friendship and close ties between Laos and Vietnam.