The second Viet Nam-France International Acupuncture Conference took place in Sauset-les-Pins, a town near Marseille in southeastern France on September 16, affirming the strong cooperation between the two nations in health care, education, and scientific research.

Vietnamese Ambassador to France Dinh Toan Thang presented the A-prize certificate of the literary, art and press awards on studying and following President Ho Chi Minh’s ideology, morality and lifestyle to French-Romanian artist Georg Esco, on June 18, for his oil painting “Following the Footsteps of President Ho Chi Minh”.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his spouse met with staff of the Vietnamese Embassy and members of the Vietnamese community in France on the evening of June 10 as part of the PM's trip to France for the third UN Ocean Conference (UNOC 3) and bilateral activities.