Hanoi, May 6 -- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on May 6 received French Minister of the Armed Forces Sebastien Lecornu, who is in Vietnam to attend celebrations of the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu Victory.

Appreciating the French minister's acceptance of the invitation to attend a ceremony marking the anniversary, PM Chinh considered the visit as important to promoting the two countries' strategic partnership.

It affirms both sides' efforts to together shelve the past, overcome differences, promote similarities, and look towards the future; and also shows Vietnam as an example of healing the wound of war, recovering from war, turning former foes into friends, and shifting from confrontation to dialogue, he noted.

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