Vietnam Wants to Expand Defense Ties with France: President Triet
Vietnam wants to beef up the defense cooperation with France, one among important nations in the international arena, President Nguyen Minh Triet told the visiting French Minister of Defense in Hanoi July 26.
Minister Herve Morin is making the three-day visit starting July 25 at the invitation of his Vietnamese counterpart Phung Quang Thanh.
The trip, the first of its kind since the two countries set up diplomatic relations in 1973, will make the relationship of the two ministries in particular and the two countries in general deeper and more effective, President Triet was quoted as saying.
Minister Morin said “France is willing to share its experiences in security and defense with Vietnam as well assist the Southeast Asian country to modernize its defense industry via training military officers and transferring technologies”.
The French minister met with Deputy PM Nguyen Thien Nhan on the same day.
Nhan proposed the French ministry of defense to assist Vietnam in training experts of universe science at the Hanoi University of Science and Technology, a Vietnam-France joint project.
Herve Morin and Phung Quang Thanh, who visited France last December, held talks earlier July 26, seeking to strengthen the defense cooperation agreements signed in 2009 and 2010.
Vietnam has set up defense ties with more than 60 nations worldwide and opened its defense attaché offices in tens of countries. (
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