Hanoi, May 6 -- Head of the Party Central Committee's Commission for External Relations Le Hoai Trung hosted a reception in Hanoi on May 6 for French Minister of the Armed Forces Sebastien Lecornu, who is in Vietnam to attend a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu Victory.

Assuring his guest that the Vietnamese Party and State value strategic partnership with France, Trung hailed the outcomes of the French minister's talks with Vietnamese Minister of National Defence and his meeting with the Prime Minister.

Vietnam highly appreciates France's role and contributions to peacekeeping, cooperation and development in Europe and the world, he said, adding that Vietnam supports France's initiatives in the Indo-Pacific as ...