Hanoi, Dec. 19 -- Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang on December 19 received Benoit Guidee, Director of the Asia-Oceania Department at the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, who is visiting Vietnam to co-chair the Vietnam-France Political Consultation.

Hang highly valued the maintenance of the political consultation mechanism between the two foreign ministries, describing it as an effective and substantive channel for reviewing and advancing bilateral cooperation in line with the Vietnam-France Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.

She stressed that Vietnam attaches great importance to its relationship with France, the first European Union country with which Vietnam has established a Comprehensive Strategic P...