French President Macron and his wife arrive in Hanoi.
This evening, the plane carrying French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron, along with a high-level French delegation, landed at Noi Bai International Airport (Hanoi).
The French President and his wife are visiting Vietnam for three days at the invitation of President Luong Cuong.
Accompanying the President and First Lady were: Eric Lombard, Minister of Economy, Finance and Industrial Sovereignty and Digitalization; Sébastien Lecornu, Minister of the Armed Forces; Rachida Dati, Minister of Culture; François-Noël Buffet, Minister in charge of the Home Office; Thani Mohamed Soilihi, Minister in charge of Europe and Foreign Affairs, responsible for Francophone and international partnerships; Olivier Brochet, French Ambassador to Vietnam; and many of the President's advisors...
Welcoming the delegation were: Head of the Office of the President Le Khanh Hai; Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee Tran Sy Thanh; Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang and Vietnamese Ambassador to France Dinh Toan Thang...
The French President's visit is of particular importance to bilateral relations, especially after the two countries upgraded to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. The visit is an important follow-up to General Secretary To Lam's visit to France and participation in the 19th Francophone Summit (October 2024).
The visit demonstrates the high regard and strong commitment of French leaders to strengthening and developing relations with Vietnam, bringing the comprehensive strategic partnership into a more substantive and effective phase.
This is an opportunity for the leaders of the two countries to agree on new steps to concretize the frameworks set out in the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.
Many specific areas and projects are being discussed in depth by both sides to promote economic, trade, and investment priorities, strengthen defense and security cooperation, innovation, science and technology, education and training, and healthcare.
The signing of new cooperation agreements within the framework of the visit will create important momentum and a legal basis for cooperative activities in the coming years.
The visit also serves as an opportunity to strengthen political trust at the highest level between the two sides, sending a strong message about Vietnam and France's determination to cooperate for peace, stability, and development in the region and the world. The visit is also expected to contribute to promoting people-to-people exchanges, enhancing cultural exchanges, and strengthening the traditional friendship between the two countries.
The French President's choice of Vietnam as the first destination on his regional tour clearly demonstrates the strategic priority and profound importance that France places on its bilateral relationship with Vietnam.
Vietnam's position as the first and only ASEAN partner to establish a comprehensive strategic partnership with France further reinforces this. At the same time, this is also an important step in the implementation of France's Indo-Pacific strategy, thereby affirming Vietnam's key role in France's foreign policy in the region.
