VOV.VN - Vietnam always places importance on developing its comprehensive relations with France, through all the Government, legislature and party channels, Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son said during his meeting with President of the French Senate Gérard Larcher in Paris on June 6.

VOV.VN - French Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs Catherine Colonna and Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son have agreed to continue strengthening exchange visits and meetings at all levels with a view to bringing cooperation between the two countries to new heights in the time ahead.

French newspapers heaped praise on Vietnamese-French filmmaker Tran Anh Hung and young Vietnamese director Pham Thien An after they won awards at the 76th Cannes International Film Festival that closed in France on May 27.

VOV.VN - The Institute for Applied Geopolitics Studies (EGA) hosted a workshop on the South China Sea (known as the East Sea in Vietnam) at the headquarters of the French Senate in Paris on May 26.

VOV.VN - The French Embassy in Vietnam opened the “Road to 2024” exhibition in Hanoi on May 24, with the event featuring 24 photographs snapped by Agence France-Presse (AFP) photographers to celebrate the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between France and Vietnam (May 19), the French Consulate in HCM City, the Agency of Business France, the French Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Vietnam (CCIFV) and Taste France co-hosted a baguette-making contest on May 19.

VOV.VN - An exhibition introducing a collection of signatures and writings of President Ho Chi Minh in the 1945 - 1969 period opened at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi on May 17 to celebrate the late leader's 133rd birth anniversary (May 19).

After a decade, Vietnam’s first remote sensing satellite, the VNREDSat-1, has completed 53,000 rounds around the Earth, totaling 2.4 billion km, it was announced at a ceremony in Hanoi on May 16 to celebrate the 10th anniversary since its launch into space.

VOV.VN - A unique photo exhibition featuring Vietnamese women’s beauty from various angles by French photographer Thiery Beyne is currently taking place at the Cosmopolis cultural space in Nantes, France.

VOV.VN - The French Embassy in Vietnam is set to assist two Vietnamese representatives to participate in Marché du film de Cannes, one of the largest film markets in the world which will run during the Cannes Film Festival from May 16 to May 24.