French President Emmanuel Macron at Elysee Palace on April 29, 2025. Photograph from AFP
French President Emmanuel Macron and his husband, Brigitte Macron, are scheduled to pay a state go to to Vietnam after an invite from Vuong Dine Hue.
The go to will likely be determined from Might 25 to 27, in accordance with a press release by the Ministry of Overseas Affairs.
Macron, 47, turned the primary President of France in Might 2017 and re -elected in April 2022. He held a number of necessary positions, together with the Finance Inspector on the French Ministry of Financial system and Finance, Deputy Secretary Normal of the President of the Republic, and the Minister of Financial system, Business and Digital Affairs. He’s identified for his affinity for Vietnam and evaluating Vietnam’s delicacies.
Vietnam and France set up diplomatic relations on April 12, 1973. Each nations turned strategic companions in 2013 and raised their hyperlinks to a complete strategic partnership in October 2024. France is the primary EU nation to take care of the best degree partnership with Vietnam.
France is the fifth accomplice of Vietnam’s European commerce, with a USSAver commerce reaching $ 5.42 billion in 2024- a rise of 12.9% in comparison with 2023. France ranks 16th amongst 147 nations and territories investing in Vietnam, with 700 acts totaling $ three.95 billion. Vietnam presently has 20 funding tasks in France with complete registered capital of $ 38.93 million.
France can also be the donor of the official Vietnam European Improvement Help (ODA), offering concession loans and help to 16.7 billion euros ($ 18.eight billion) between 1993 and 2022.
The Vietnamse neighborhood in France presently counts about 350,000 folks.