12:31:16 PM | 25/7/2008
French Senate President Christian Poncelet will pay an official visit to Vietnam from July 27 to August 1, the National Assemblys Committee for External Affairs announced July 23.
The reciprocation trip is made at the invitation of National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong, who just visited France last month to promote bilateral cooperation between parliaments.
During his trip to France, the Vietnamese top legislator highly appreciated the importance in boosting bilateral ties, particularly in trade and investment, with the European Union member nation.
Bilateral trade between Vietnam and France reached US$2.76 billion in 2007, up 32 per cent on-year. (New Hanoi, Saigon Liberation)
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