Hanoi (VNA), Dec. 8 -- French Senate President Gerard Larcher arrived in Hanoi on December 8 morning, beginning an official visit to Vietnam at the invitation of National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue.

The visit, from December 8-9, is the first between the two countries' legislative leaders after the COVID-19 pandemic was brought under control.

Larcher is accompanied by Chairman of the Senate's Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and the Armed Forces Christian Cambon, Chairwoman of the Senate's Social Affairs Committee and President of the France-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentarians' Group of the Senate Catherine Deroche, Special Advisor to the Senate President Patrick Dray, and Diplomatic Advisor to the Senate President Hubert de C...