Vietnam, France sign strategic cooperation agreements

27/5/2025 12:35

Vietnam and France have signed 14 strategic cooperation documents here during French President Emmanuel Macron's visit to the Southeast Asian country, Vietnam News Agency reported.



The newly signed agreements span a wide range of sectors, including defense, archives, agriculture, transportation, aerospace, science, technology and nuclear energy.



A cooperation agreement was signed in aerospace with the deployment of Earth observation satellites between the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, France's Center National d'Etudes Spatiales, and Airbus Defence & Space.



Others involve a major contract for the purchase of 20 wide-body A330-900 aircraft between Vietnamese budget carrier Vietjet and Airbus, and loan agreement for the project on drought, erosion and flood control in Ninh Thuan province.



The two sides also reached a consensus on technology transfer for vaccine production in Vietnam between Sanofi Pasteur and Vietnam Vaccine Joint Stock Company.