The consensus was reached during the second Vietnam-France Defence Policy Dialogue held in Ho Chi Minh City on January 11. The event was co-chaired by Sen. Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh, Vietnam’s Deputy Defence Minister, and Vice Admiral Hervé de Bonnaventure, Deputy Director General for International Relations and Strategy under the French Ministry of Defence. The two sides will increase meetings, exchange of delegations, especially high-ranking delegations of Vietnamese and French military officers, as well as visits of military ships.Apart from promoting the efficiency of the bilateral defence policy dialogues, Vietnam and France will cooperate and support each other at multilateral forums, while expanding collaboration in such areas as navigation and aviation security and safety, and response to non-traditional security issues. The French side wants to beef up defence ties with Vietnam to contribute to peace, stability and development. The dialogue took place at an important time, marking the adjustment of the defence cooperation mechanism between Vietnam and France in order to bring about tangible outcomes suitable with the new situation, said Hervé de Bonnaventure.The event was also held in the context that the two countries are celebrating the 45th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties and five years of the establishment of their strategic partnership.
VietNamNet Bridge – France is willing to continue its financial support for Vietnam as well as the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST) in space projects. The remark was made by French Minister of Foreign Trade Nicole Bricq at her meeting in Paris on July 2 with a visiting VAST delegation led by VAST President Prof. Chau Van Minh. She said the launch of Vietnam’s first remote sensing satellite, VNREDSAT 1, on May 7 this year is an important milestone and a symbol of the scientific and technological cooperation between the two countries. The VNREDSAT 1 project has a…... [read more]
Lich, who is also Secretary of the CommunistParty of Vietnam’s Central Committee and member of the executive boardof the Central Military Commission, stated that Vietnam and Cuba possessa special traditional and close relationship which has been nurtured bytheir high-ranking leaders and become a model for internationalrelations. He highly valued Cuba’s positiveresults in putting into reality the policies on socio-economic updatesof the Communist Party of Cuba’s sixth Congress, and affirmed Vietnam’sconsistent support for Cuba’s socialist construction. For his part, Frias said the Vietnamese delegation’s visit willsignificantly contribute to further developing the bilateral traditionalfriendship and multifaceted cooperation. Heaffirmed that Cuba’s people and…... [read more]
At the dialogue (Source: VNA)Paris (VNA) – Vietnam and France have agreed upon various measures to deepen their defence ties, bringing them up to date with modern requirements.Philippe Errera, Director-General for International Relations and Strategy of the French Defence Ministry, lauded Vietnam’s participation in the Ministerial Conference on Peacekeeping in the Francophone Area held by his ministry in Paris from October 26-27, describing this as a part of the country’s constructive contributions to the international community.... [read more]
Deputy Defence Minister Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh co-chaired the meeting with French Army Deputy Chief of Staff Senior Lieutenant General Gratien Maire. Vinh said the recent upgrade of the French-Vietnamese relationship to a strategic partnership demonstrates the two nations’ closeness and lays firm foundations for future multifaceted defence cooperation. Vietnam always regards France as an important partner and supports France’s diplomatic endeavours in the Asian Pacific region, Vinh said. He stressed enhancing effective defence cooperation would bolster the strategic partnership in the interests of the two countries’ people and for the sake of a peaceful and stable environment…... [read more]
PANO - The third session of the Vietnam-France Joint Committee on National Defence Cooperation took place on January 9th in Hanoi under the chair of Vietnamese Deputy Defence Minister, Senior Lieutenant-General Nguyen Chi Vinh, and Deputy Chief of Staff of the French Army, Senior Lieutenant-General Gratien Maire. The two sides exchanged issues of common concern in the region and the world as a whole, and agreed on boosting the continued bilateral defence cooperation based on the long-lasting friendship between Vietnam and France. The two generals highly appreciated the fruitful defence cooperation between the two armies over the past time and…... [read more]
