Hanoi (VNA), Oct. 23 -- French Ambassador to Vietnam Nicolas Warnery honoured two Vietnamese scholars within the framework of the Franconomics international forum 2019 held in Hanoi on October 23.

Accordingly, Director of the International Francophone Institute (IFI) Ngo Tu Lap was conferred with the Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters of France while the Order of Academic Palms was presented to Associate Professor Dr. Trinh Van Minh, senior lecturer of the University of Education under the Vietnam National University (VNU) - Hanoi.

Established in 1957 by the Minister of Culture, the Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters is one of the ministry-level distinctions of France for individuals who make contributions to literature and ar...