All proceeds from the concert would be sent to Vietnam to support 120 children and 80 war veterans at the Van Canh Friendship Village on the outskirts of Hanoi, who are suffering from the toxic chemical sprayed during the war in Vietnam.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will continue working closely with relevant ministries, sectors, and localities to support Vietnamese-French professors Tran Thanh Van and Le Kim Ngoc in their ongoing journey to advance science and education in Vietnam, thus contributing to the country's path toward development and integration in the era of its rise.
Vietnamese culture festival in Lorient draws strong public interest
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son emphasised that sustainable fisheries are closely linked to the implementation of several other sustainable development goals, yet remain a complex issue with overlapping challenges.
The Jazz Bond Association, “Tieng To Dong” band, and the Friendship Village Van Canh/Vietnam branch in France co-organised a charity concert to raise funds for Vietnamese Agent Orange/dioxin child victims in Le Perreux-sur-Marne, a suburb of Paris.
The victory on April 30, 1975 will forever be a milestone in Vietnam’s history, marking the end of the war, the reunification of North and South, and the beginning of a new era of independence, peace, and national reconstruction, said Vietnamese Ambassador to France Dinh Toan Thang.
Cong’s family presented two sets of original artefacts to the mausoleum - a set of chairs and a tea set used to welcome President Ho Chi Minh during the leader’s visit to the family on the Lunar New Year's Eve in 1963, and two rare photographs capturing the moment the President visited their home.
At a recent reception for Vietnamese Ambassador to France Dinh Toan Thang at IUT Béziers, Director of the institute Jérôme Azé said the education establishment has an emerging cooperation with Vietnam, demonstrated by the presence of many Vietnamese students at IUT, as well as the students it has sent to Vietnam.
The annual Tet celebration at Paris City Hall has become a cherished gathering for the Vietnamese community and an opportunity for international friends to experience Vietnam’s culture and traditions.
For over a decade, the Vietnamese community in France has maintained the tradition of gathering at the Lunar New Year (Tet) Market in Nogent-sur-Marne, a suburb of Paris.
Vietnamese students in Rennes, France, celebrated Lunar New Year (Tet) 2025 with a recent vibrant cultural event.
The Union of Vietnamese Youth and Students in France (UEVF) celebrated its 20th anniversary with a gala night in Paris on November 9, drawing nearly 200 young Vietnamese from across France.
Mayor Pierre Garzon bestowed the title of "Honorary Citizen of Villejuif," the city's highest honour, upon Tran To Nga, an 82-year-old French-Vietnamese who has fought tirelessly for justice for millions of Vietnamese Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin victims.
The Vietnamese Embassies in France and Cuba on September 18 called on overseas Vietnamese in the host countries to raise funds to support people who were affected by Typhoon Yagi and subsequent floods and landslides in the homeland.
French President Emmanuel Macron has affirmed France’s solidarity with Vietnam as Typhoon Yagi battered the Southeast Asian nation over the past days.
Nhan Dan (People) Newspaper opened its pavilion at the annual Fête de l'Humanité, an annual festival of French newspaper L’Humanité, in Plessis-Pâté, Essonne province, on September 12.
Immediately following the Paris Court of Appeal's decision on August 22 to reject the civil lawsuit filed by Tran To Nga, an 82-year-old French-Vietnamese, against 14 US chemical companies for supplying Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin to the US army during the Vietnam War, many French media outlets have reiterated her decades-long arduous and challenging fight for justice.
The Paris Court of Appeal's rejection of the lawsuit filed by Tran To Nga against US manufacturers of Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin is not a surprise for the French-Vietnamese woman, who said she will not give up but continue to pursue this lawsuit.
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang, who is also Chairwoman of the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs (COVA), has met representatives of the Vietnamese community in France and attended a ceremony to launch an event honouring the Vietnamese language in Paris.
A Vietnamese female student named Nguyen Bich Ngoc in France who was reported to go missing since January 2024 has been confirmed dead by French authorities, spokesperson of the Foreign Ministry Pham Thu Hang said on June 6.
The French Embassy held a press meeting in Hanoi on June 3 to announce the results of a project named “Share and Preserve Vietnam's Heritage”.
Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of the northern moutainous province of Lao Cai Hoang Giang paid a working visit to the Nouvelle-Aquitaine, the largest administrative region in France, from May 26 - June 1, as part of the activities marking 20 years of cooperation between the two localities.
The ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu Victory, with the French Minister of Armed Forces in presence, has been widely covered in the French media as an action to recall the past but also look toward the future.
More than 200 overseas Vietnamese and French friends gathered with various organisations at the Place de la République in Paris on May 4 to express their support for Vietnamese-French Tran To Nga and Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin victims of Vietnam in a lawsuit against chemical companies that supplied herbicides to the US military during the war in Vietnam.