Việt Nam and France have issued a joint statement on promoting the implementation of their comprehensive strategic partnership framework on the occasion of General Secretary of the Communist Party of Việt Nam Central Committee and President Tô Lâm's official visit to France.
The materials include a reproduction of the front page of the August 24, 1945 issue of Cứu Quốc (National Salvation) Newspaper, its first publicly printed edition after previously being secretly circulated in handwritten form, featuring the Vietnamese national flag; and documents and reports on Nguyễn Ái Quốc's activities related to the establishment and orientation of the Communist Party of Annam.
General Secretary and President Lâm stressed that while the experts work in different fields, they all share a fundamental common view that Việt Nam can achieve rapid, sustainable growth and greater self-reliance only by building robust scientific and technological capacity and fully pooling the brainpower of Vietnamese talents at home and abroad.
Việt Nam’s BRICS attendance gives it a platform to engage members and partners, debate global and regional governance, especially economic and development issues tied to emerging and developing economies; and identify directions and solutions. That supports Việt Nam’s shift “from engaging in rule-making to contributing to shaping rules”, raising its voice in international frameworks, rules and standards, and cementing its global standing.
Economic ties have continued to grow across trade, investment and development cooperation. Bilateral trade surpassed $5 billion in the first eight months of 2026, with Việt Nam exporting $3.1 billion worth of goods to France and importing $1.9 billion worth of products from the European country.
The discussions showed that both countries attach importance to Việt Nam’s role, position, potential and growth prospects, and highly value the Vietnamese Party and State’s vision and recent reforms. Parliaments and political parties of both countries expressed their desire to accompany Việt Nam’s development, further tightening the Vietnam-RoK Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and the Vietnam-Mongolia Comprehensive Partnership.
Viêt Nam attaches importance to and wishes to further deepen comprehensive cooperation with Poland, both bilaterally and multilaterally. The country is determined to effectively implementing high-level commitments and agreements to make bilateral ties more substantive and effective and bring them to a new level.
The top leader acknowledged and appreciated the pioneering and active role played by Vietnamese associations, particularly the Vietnamese Association in France, in strengthening community solidarity and cohesion, promoting Vietnamese culture, maintaining Vietnamese-language teaching and learning among younger generations, and making practical contributions to national development.
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Việt Nam Central Committee and President Tô Lâm called for deeper cooperation with France to raise the localisation rate of core technologies in Việt Nam’s new-generation Earth observation satellite scheme, as well as for doctoral and supervised master’s training courses to cultivate a generation of Vietnamese scientists able to master quantum technologies.
The Communist Party of Việt Nam Central Committee’s Commission for Inspection proposed imposing disciplinary action against member of the Party Committee and Vice Chairman of the People' Committee of Phú Thọ Province Nguyễn Huy Ngọc during its 12th session in Hà Nội on September 11.
Speaking highly of new developments in bilateral relations, particularly since the two countries established a strategic partnership, the minister said that an important task at present is to bring economic cooperation in line with the quality of their political relations and the depth of their historical ties.
Seeing off the delegation at Chinggis Khaan International Airport were Mongolian Ambassador to Việt Nam Ganbaatar Hulan; Chairwoman of the Mongolia-Việt Nam Friendship Parliamentarians’ Group J. Bayarmaa; Vietnamese Ambassador to Mongolia Nguyễn Tuấn Thanh; and embassy officials and staff.
Local diplomacy must undergo a paradigm shift from traditional cooperation to co-creation, and from mere technology transfer to mutual development, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyễn Hoàng Long said at the opening of the 3rd HCM City Friendship Dialogue 2026 (FD 2026) on September 11.
National Assembly Chairman Trần Thanh Mẫn, his spouse and other Vietnamese delegates joined a miniature Naadam Festival and experienced traditional Mongolian sports, cuisine and nomadic culture.
Việt Nam has actively participated in BRICS-related activities even before becoming a partner, including then Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính’s attendance at the expanded BRICS Summits in October 2024 in Russia, and in July 2025 in Brazil.
The official visit to France by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Việt Nam Central Committee and President Tô Lâm has attracted extensive attention from French media, which highlighted the "unprecedented" pace of high-level exchanges, increasingly concrete cooperation outcomes and growing convergence of strategic vision between the two countries.
Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence General Phan Văn Giang held talks with French Minister for the Armed Forces and Veterans Catherine Vautrin in Paris on September 10, focusing on measures to further deepen bilateral defence cooperation.
Breakthrough efforts will focus on strategic areas such as aerospace, critical minerals, quantum technology, clean energy, and research for sustainable development and climate change response.
